Quote Originally Posted by Lusted
Every TW expansion to date has fixed a lot of bugs, as well as a new patch generally coming out at the same time as the expansion for those who don't buy it. So the 2 aren't mutually exclusive.
It's true, and the CA does better job than many other devs.
Quote Originally Posted by Lusted
No game dev company will devote all their time to solely patching a game that's already released, it doesn't make business sense.
Indeed, patching doesn't make money. But it makes reputation. And in the long run, inadequate support may lead to lower sales and less profit.
I didn't buy Barbarian invasion because it didn't fix some bugs I considered critical. I'm sure there were many more like me. I bought M2TW only after the 1.2 was released, and I'll buy the Kingdoms only if it doesn't contain critical bugs (or after they are patched).