| This is the product of years of dishonesty by SOE and Sigil. They betrayed their fans. It's not so different from finding out your favorite baseball player was using steroids.
Most older players have several distinct experiences that form their low opinion of the people operating these companies. They've simply mishandled the phenomenon they helped to create from almost its inception. Most of them never learned their lesson. By all accounts its the new faces like Gallenite, who I believe became a senior producer during SoL or PoP, that helped push the game in a new, healthier, direction.
I've been critical of The Vision for as long as I played EQ and was never a fanboi for VG, but I was hoping that the game would be superior to EQ2 and WoW. Even my limited hopes were dashed. I'm not cutting myself in a dark room though, I'm playing WoW (off and on) while waiting for someone to make a game I'd really like.
This really isn't about Brad to me. His drug problem is unfortunate. I'm still upset with his work on EQ, as well as other current and former designers of SOE. I make my point with my money. I don't buy their games. | 