I meant to post this earlier....it is silly to scape-goat Luthier or make him the poster-boy...he is just one bit of the whole (messed-up) jigsaw. But equally, it helps to have a single source for complaint/praise....so in that sense he functions as a lightning rod. Anyone with a modicum of commonsense can separate legitimate grievance from personal baiting though. If they can't, then best remove yourself from being accountable entirely.

A personal witch-hunt isn't (or shouldn't be) on the cards.
Equally, it isn't the fault of the critics that the thing is in such a mess. That praise should be heaped wholly on the dev house/publishers. It's much too easy to blame the whole sorry state of affairs on Luthier, and equally, if it should ever turn around, he shouldn't be entitled to all the praise. The whole Messiah-Oleg thing was faintly ridiculous, and embarrassing for all concerned, no doubt. In any case, Luthier has a functioning shield in Blacksix.

But all this personality guff is off the mark and draws attention away from just what an over-all screw-up this game is/was/continues to be.

It doesn't matter who gives some basic answers, provided they are given, don't leap-frog what is asked, and it appear in the same century as the questions hopefully. That still hasn't happened, which is ludicrous. It's not about a sense of entitlement, it's only a bunch of 20 or so questions, once boiled down.

All the personality guff just allows the usual suspects to make it about a supposed witch-hunt, and once again derail perfectly legitimate questioning.

It would be nice if Luthier or someone senior answered, but really we don't care if it is a purple chocolate frog. It's the gesture that counts.