[The Hiram Key]

Originally Posted by Lonin

The bottom line is that Sigil ran out of time, money and talent and are trying to get the game out the door to make some profit so they can "fix" it after release. What's really going to be funny is when all of the rabid fanboys that aren't in beta finally get to play the game and realize that virtually none of the core mechanics of the game that they were looking forward to are in the game any longer.

While your statement is mostly true (especially time, money and definately talent) I have to disagree with the "virtually none of the core mechanics" part. Diplomacy as an example, is something thats been around a while, has been redone, enhanced, improved (if you are into that kind of shit) and will make it into release as a far as I know.

A more accurate statement (if you will allow me to fix)

"What's really going to be funny is when all of the rabid fanboys that aren't in beta finally get to play the game and realizethat the game is not very fun, the world is more empty then full, the combat is slow, the quests uninspired, the character models (especially animal races) are criminally bad, and in general, is a step backwards in terms of generation. Certainly not the next gen game they were promised.

Still three months left to go until release, and judging by the changes being made, this game is in nose-dive mode, despite what Brad may say.