Not too long after M2 was released, I decided not to post here at the org anymore, because I felt the mods were too quick to close threads like this one. Thanks to Jack Lusted's post suggesting that the only way we'll get a patch is if many of us complain. I felt the need to add my 2 cents worth, and am now thinking that the heavy handed censorship of negative threads is the reason why we don't get "No further patches for M2TW or Kingdoms".

M2 still has many bugs, and still needs quite a bit of optimisation as far as unit cohesion and AI are concerned. Not to mention the unspecified errors causing a CTD. The community has taken the time to make buglists that have simply been ignored by CA/Sega.

The decision not to support the game after patch 1.2 is an absolute shame, and will lose more customers than those few who take the time to post their opinions would suggest. I think most gamers who dislike certain gameplay features or just buggy software in general don't even bother to complain, they just don't buy anymore products from that company. Which is what I do with all other games, except of course TW.

Kingdoms is not an expansion, it is just a mod. So, the decision not to touch the game code and risk the need for another patch was obviously made long ago. CA/Sega sold us all a cheap mod, dressed up as an expansion, this alone is an outrage, and they deserve to be dragged over the coals for this fact alone, not just for refusing to support their product. If they would have tried this with their previous games the community would have been up in arms. The absence of a call to arms indicates to me that most long time fans have already given up on TW and moved on.

So, who is responsible for this sad state of affairs? The heavy handed (don't scare away the devs) moderation, corporate greed, lack of manpower or all of the above. Whatever the reason(s) the lack of support and the cheapskate xpac leave a sour taste in my mouth, I won't say i'll never buy another CA/Sega game, but I will say if I do it will be a very long time after that games initial release before I even consider doing so.