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Originally Posted by Sandstone

I think the reputation of CloD is now so poisonous that it would be better for 1C to put as much distance between BoM and CloD as possible. A simple statement that CloD is finished would probably be for the best, accompanied by a radically different branding for BoM. The current state of play is not doing 1C's reputation any good at all and a clean break would at least give them a chance to put it behind them as a noble failure and move on to something more worthwhile. A clean break might also give them the chance to make any necessary personnel changes.

If they were going to go with a whole new game engine then sure, but if they are going to use the core of CloD on a sequel it would be IMHO irresponsible to fix things in the sequel and not patch CloD as well, even if its after the release of the sequel, now I am not talking about playability issues, those MUST be fixed before the sequel, but things like net code, additions like weather... they should all be added to CloD if they are made to work in the sequel as well... abandoning CloD and pretending it doesnt exist would only leave the devs with a very deep scar that would follow them for years to come...

Of course now we drift off topic, and we should be focused on getting CloD to the level it needs to be to move forward...