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<blockquote data-quote="DEFCON 1" data-source="post: 6100735" data-attributes="member: 7006">They won't and can't say that.&nbsp; Because they don't know that it will in fact ultimately be true.&nbsp; And we all know one of the &quot;big sins&quot; of any producer of entertainment is to &quot;promise&quot; something, not deliver, then spend the next eight years listening to parts of the fanbase whine about it, how they got &quot;lied!!!&quot; to.&nbsp; Why do you think companies like Blizzard stopped revealing release dates for their patches of World of Warcraft?&nbsp; Because too many times after they said &quot;We're expecting to release the patch in three months&quot; and then discovered some issue that set that date back... the fans went apoplectic.&nbsp; The whole &quot;GHOSTCRAWLER PROMISED US A PONY!&quot; syndrome.Mike and company have said from the beginning that their intention is to put pieces in place that would allow players to emulate any previous editions they enjoyed.&nbsp; You either believe them, or you don't.&nbsp; But if you are working yourself up into a lather because every single time a column or article or webcast or interview gets released by someone from WotC that doesn't go into specifics about what is going on... you probably shouldn't follow along.&nbsp; Because we only hear probably a tenth of what is actually going on, and everyone is making assumptions on that based on extremely faulty information.If you really need more concrete information from WotC to keep from freaking out... you really should do yourself a favor and just stop following along.&nbsp; Because you're never going to be happy for these next eighteen months.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="DEFCON 1, post: 6100735, member: 7006"] They won't and [I]can't[/I] say that. Because they don't know that it will in fact ultimately be true. And we all know one of the "big sins" of any producer of entertainment is to "promise" something, not deliver, then spend the next eight years listening to parts of the fanbase whine about it, how they got "lied!!!" to. Why do you think companies like Blizzard stopped revealing release dates for their patches of World of Warcraft? Because too many times after they said "We're expecting to release the patch in three months" and then discovered some issue that set that date back... the fans went apoplectic. The whole "GHOSTCRAWLER PROMISED US A PONY!" syndrome. Mike and company have [I]said from the beginning[/I] that their intention is to put pieces in place that would allow players to emulate any previous editions they enjoyed. You either believe them, or you don't. But if you are working yourself up into a lather because every single time a column or article or webcast or interview gets released by someone from WotC that doesn't go [I]into specifics[/I] about what is going on... you probably shouldn't follow along. Because we only hear probably a tenth of what is actually going on, and everyone is making assumptions on that based on [B]extremely[/B] faulty information. If you really need more concrete information from WotC to keep from freaking out... you really should do yourself a favor and just stop following along. Because you're never going to be happy for these next eighteen months. [/QUOTE]

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