Quote Originally Posted by Jambo
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In the past, during LongJohn's involvement with TW, there seemed to be more interaction between parties and discussison on game mechanics were commonplace. Because the TW franchise wasn't as commercial and "big business" as it is now, maybe the community had a bigger influence on certain things? - but that's just speculation of course. :D

I don't know about the "commercial" motivation, but everything else is right on the money.

Personally, I think it has a lot to do with brining a whole crew of *employee*, as opposed to origional creators. Employees aren't as invested in a creation as are the creators.