In regards to the flavour discussion RE: scum teams and such, I actually do think it's useful, for helping to scrutinize claims if nothing else. Having an idea of which characters/classes are on the scum teams can help people make informed decisions about any claims made, even if they aren't as familiar with Awakening. Part of the purpose of thread discussion is information sharing, after all; not everything has to be about reads and who is scummy or not scummy.
As far as my personal contributions go; D2 has been going for only a little over 24h now, so don't give me lip about how little I'm posting. It's a weekend, I've been unnaturally busy for the past few days, and I've mostly been skimming along. Talking about the game flavour and how it may influence mechanics is the best way I have to contribute at this point. I have a few incredibly vague reads on people that are mostly hunch; I hope to be able to go back through the thread and elucidate my thoughts a bit further by Monday or Tuesday or so.