[kendo65]

Good posts from lensman and Mysticpuma in this thread. I find a lot to agree with in both their positions.

Here’s where I’m at. The alpha patch has produced a performance increase for me (and others). There are obviously a lot of bugs and issues, but they've stated it's an alpha and I’m willing to take them at face value for now and reserve judgement until the beta / final releases of the patch.

There is a lot of wild speculation merging into full-blown conspiracy theory flying around once again. Personally, I’ve always found the ‘screw-up’ point of view more convincing than the conspiracy theories. That’s true for this patch as well.

The deciding moment will come once the patch hits beta and then full Steam release. If it isn’t solid and producing good results by then I would say that everyone is justified to complain and or even abandon the game. Like many, my own patience has been pushed very close to breaking over the last 6+ months. The devs know this patch HAS to cut it. I’m willing to wait until it is final before passing judgement.

As for the speculation about them fobbing us off with a stalling tactic, rip-off patch and then not seeing anything else until BOM – there’s no evidence for it. Believe it if you want - OR wait for a few weeks and see for yourself what happens. We’ll all find out soon enough.

For now though some of the talk is getting hysterical.