"I think Funcom has learned a great deal from AoC, though, and I'm hoping that experience shows through in TSW"

Funcom learned absolutely nothing from the disastrous launch of AO. When they came around to launching AoC they did all the same old AO launch screw ups and invented a load more. I learnt my lesson from AO however and didn't buy AoC.

The only positive is that they got rid of Gaute so at least he won't be at the helm of the next release. In addition Erling needs to manage expectations a whole lot better. He got way over his head.