I am not going ot put the blaim totaly on Cyptics shoulders (even though alot is there) but I think Atari has alot to do with it also. I am sure they came to Cyptic and demanded a release date in a state that can be best played. This game needed atleast 6 more months of Dev time but it had to rushed out the door.

They are doing the same thing with STO. 3 months of beta time on a 4 day a week cycle. 4 days because if its like CO beta its 2 days for the US and 2 days for Europe. But 4 to 6 hours is not enough time to find the bugs or see what works. I wont be touching this game when it goes live thats for sure.

Good luck you are going to need it..