Because of the release on X-box a lot of the best servers got congested yeah. I don't imagine it will go away before Dawntrail, which will of course make things 10x worse.
$2/month.
This means you're only paying an extra $21/month instead of $29/month!
I pay for one additional retainer a month but I really don't understand people who have more than that. What do you need with all that storage/ventures?
Mcdonalds Japan constantly does promotions where they will give away 10 or 20 $10 McDonalds cards by doing various social media stuff. Thousands of people enter so it's pretty much a waste of time.