Fan Fest announcements will determine my future in this game..

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So the story writing was superior to the story writing we have now? They could at least get the old team members back on board so their ideas could help.

Um... If you were even tangentally paying attention you'd know that we've been in the middle of a war for pretty much the entire game, though? I mean, the only exception I can think of is maybe 2.1 but we've been pretty much constantly embroiled in war. O.o Constant fighting is also bad writing, due to the lack of juxtaposition. If we don't have anything to compare to the constant battle, then the fighting becomes dull because it's the new 'normal'. A good story needs it's moments of peace and calm as well as it's hi octane action.

Edit: Admittedly I started skipping the story after 2.X because I was getting tired of the constant struggle and I'd gotten burned out on all the action. I started paying attention again in 2.5 or so because the intrigue was interesting.