Sooo, blue post...
We have no plans to implement a "Dire Cat" form at this time.
http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/th...208&sid=2000#8
But hey, you may be able to change your cat model and it may be tied into taking the inscription skill in some way! Bonus?
And later on we see a denial that there is a bug, then a wishy-washy there's an issue, but it's not a bug and then a defensive 'hey get off our backs we know there's an issue and we care- proof: we have it on record all the way back to 2004'.
Getting some serious bad feral vibes.
PS: Saying "Maybe dire cat will fix the issue" no longer seems like a viable response to scaling concerns. :P