Quote Originally Posted by Tridus View Post
Have they not seen what players did throughout the history of the game? As soon as players figure out the mechanics, they optimize to minimize time and effort. ALWAYS. That's what players do. Players are very, very good at that.

If nobody at SE saw this coming, then they have an astounding lack of understanding of their own customers.
It's easy to say hindsight is 20/20 when talking about anticipating how players would react to Eureka, but it's important to remember that SE HAS that hindsight. We've gone through the same song and dance twice before with Diadem and then back to 2.X with fate trains.