What is it about MMO players that we've come to accept - even expect - that these games will be incomplete at launch? Of course compromises have to be made over the lifetime of a project, but in the case of WAR they slashed key features that had already been heavily promoted.

So Mythic is now finishing the core game before working on the expansion. Honestly, though, could they have gotten away with doing anything else? Would consumers really have been willing to pay more to see these cut features in a future expansion?

Given the heavy competition in the MMO market right now, I really doubt it.