Mythic putting off Warhammer expansion work to focus on live game

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And this is why I love the game. At least they seem to truly care about how good it is. It's this kind of caring for the game and it's players that will give them the chance they need to topple blizzard.

I've had a blast playing it since the beginning, but I do see it getting better all the time and I don't have to buy a stupid expansion just to get something that should have been there in the first place. Maybe they could be super awesome and do expansions in EVE fashion and just count it as part of your subscription. I can understand if that isn't feasible though.

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Yep, this is the reason I love this game too. Not working on an expansion until the original game is older, better, and of supurb quality (more so than it already is) is a great way to show the customers they care about them more than making sales on some boxes.

Just look at Age of Conan (yes, I've got to comment on them), they've got an expansion already planned for next year, moved a portion of their original developement team to working that expansion, and yet they still don't have some of the game's main features in yet; and it's 6 months after launch.
http://www.massively.com/2008/08/22/age-of-conan-expansion-concept-art-unveiled/

Seeing games work on box-based expansions before they're even old enough or stable enough to stand on their own two feet with the original is just a sad, sad thing.

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