If your phone is not being used in the 3 hours than the drain is high
Mine with 3G always on and background FB notifications, email updates and tweeter updates , average drain is most 1%/hour and average is 0.5%/hour
I am now on Monx DLL7 /Perseus 29 kernel
Infact , my battery drain quite similar trend across most roms i have tested to date
Install betterbatterystats to see what apps is waking up your phone

SGS3 fast dormancy toogle works for Note 2 . I use that to disable mine .

What is Fast Dormancy, an app or something?

I checked before and after I ticked on Data Roaming. Before I switched, the IDLE mode lasted longer but once I ticked on it, it switched quite rapidly.

any good links for a android newbie coming from iOS?

gone thru 1st page.... too adv for newbie IMO XD

LOL.. Responds here as expected. Anyway doesn't matter, as I said clearly, I just need to vent out my frustration with my Note 2.

And for those cheapos offering me mere hundreds for it, well you can keep your few cents, i dont need them.

And for those asking why am i still using, well i just own it, as well as a iPhone and also a Blackberry. And i am using all 3 at the same time. And I am 100% confident with my review being objective and straightforward. It is unfortunate to those who cant accept that individuals have rights to their own view, as much as any forum member here has the right to post.

And well, the only reason many of you guys here automatically redirects the comparison to iPhone/iOS even when it wasnt mentioned as so, guess you guys do know the inferiority of the Note 2/Android.