As you realized,while reading the tittle, the aim of this thread is to discuss the current state of the Fel Iron nods that consist a major problem for the miners (Smithers,Engineers and Jewelcrafters) and why not for the whole community,even for Warmane's reputation.
Three weeks ago, Burning Crusade content was launched on Lordaeron, bringing a wide smile on every player's face and causing huge lag spikes.
However,other issues were to be encountered, as the players discovered that Rare(Blue) items drop at every three or four mobs,which led to a horrible imbalance on the wide market.
Recently,there were rumors that those altered drop rates were brought to normal and the economy is stable again,but a greater problem occurred, as the miners realized that the re-spawn time for the minerals isn't even close to how it should be(re-spawn time should be a matter of minutes,not of countless hours,maybe even days).
Maybe most of the other players,which aren't miners,think that this issue doesn't affect them at all and they don't care about those who have to bare this situation,but this isn't how it works because those players ,who level mining and couldn't level their professions like they should do,are going to exploit the " Blue drop" from Hellfire Peninsula, so that they can buy minerals from the Auction House.
This situation isn't part of the game being "hardcore" as many have said before, it's a clear issue the staff haven't managed to fix yet.
The greatest issue is that these kind of problems might damage Warmane's reputation, which shouldn't happen after the great things we experienced so far.
In conclusion, these arguments support the fact that if the developers will not take immediate actions against this unfortunate situation,these issues could affect Lordaeron's economy and players' experience on a long-term period .