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Originally Posted by Tanner

Big F-ing Deal! Maddox Games incorporated a binary variable that could deactivate a poorly implemented solution to problem that should have been anticipated and remedied far, far before launch. That's mere ass-covering competency meant to remedy incompetence in management and planning.

The public outcry against the filter is what forced Maddox Games' and Ubisoft's hands to make the filter optional. Maddox Games deserves very little credit for this minor fix to a major problem and a public relations SNAFU.

The E issue came up so late in the project, that the team couldn't possibly fix each individual 'E problem, so they built a blanket filter until each item could be fixed. The lawyers at UBI probably took another look at a very difficult decision and figured an obvious warning, the E filter on by default, and an option hidden in the config ini file could keep them relatively safe from litigation.