Quote Originally Posted by Neptune View Post
I think that whatever they think they've got to hide, they need to just humble themselves and get comfortable with us. I think that the remaining playerbase is willing to accept whatever they do, since 60% of them are white knights anyway, lol.
Well, even though you are most certainly right on the playerbase, you have to factor in the little tiny detail of the game still being free. And I'm pretty sure they are more afraid of the damage the switch back to a subscription model will do, than of any other negative criticism we can imagine.

At this pace, can we seriously expect a game worthy of a subscription in one year?

So maybe they are simply trying to hide that, hoping one day some players will be unconscious enough to subscribe (and buy some excuse of an expansion or a PS 3 version).