When do the new rules officially start? Before or after the World Championships at Gen Con?

Sheesh...and I thought this was supposed to simplify the rules. Sigh. Well I like the majority of the changes at least, but TK seems quite confusing now.

I didn't think I was understanding the Wildcard-Defenders/SinSyn change properly.

Does this really need to be listed as a change? In an unrestricted environment, won't AE's still apply?

Nope, according to the sticky thread about the FF rules change posted by nbperp on the WK forum, the AE mechanics is gone.
You can play archenemies on the same team, and the bonus victory points don't apply anymore.

Isn't one of the most drastic changes that you can perplex up defense? Is it correct that you could perplex up the defense of a figure with a very high defense (say 18 or greater) and make the figure extremely difficult to hit?

Great thread. Rep to you.

Thought I read something about giants being able to be TKed by friendly figs now. Can anyone confirm?

Yeah, Perplex now lasts until that player's turn comes back around.

I think that you'll also frequently see people dropping an opponent's damage.

Yup, yup! nbperp posted it in the WK forums. I'll look for the exact thread again.

*Edit*
Hmm...WK forums is inaccessible from my end, i'll try again in a bit.

This brings many possibilities into light. Hehe to finally get to play Invincible with Omni-man in one team. Nice.

Edit: Answer Already covered.

Didn't see this corrected:

HOs -> thrown 6 squares, not 8.

LOs -> thrown 8 squares, not 10.

Indeed confirmed.

Right. That one jumped out at me, too. I'd just gone to double-check.

Where'd you see that? A blue-ringed object is STILL an object and wouldn't leave behind rubble.

Hmm...

Page 13, under the Object rules. (I'm only viewing it as a pdf, so I'm not able to copy and paste from that. I'm not going to retype it.) The critical difference is under "immobile objects."