Rob322
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I just have to say this - I can't restrain myself:
1) To all the folks who endlessly pontificate about how Matrix "should have" handled WitP in terms of debugging, betas, release, DD, etc. - have you ever personally tried to do (exactly) what they are doing? No, you haven't. So at the very least, you can be less petulant in your complaints.
2) If you think that WitP is unrealistic because it produces unexpected results, you are simply displaying your ignorance. Have you ever been in combat? DO some reading, for crying out loud! I spent an hour in a combat environment once back in 1982 and I can assure you it is chaotic. Outlandish results, actions, intel, and missed opportunities ABOUND - they are the norm, not the exception. Screaming bloody murder because you can't get your forces to do exactly what you want is the most realistic experience a commander could possibly have. It's complete chaos 80% of the time. So at the very least, you can be less petulant in your complaints.
3) I think it's great that we offer constructive input, and it's even more terrific that Matrix responds to it. They don't have to. Perfect customer service (as defined by the consumer) will not measurably increase sales of a niche/grognard product. Arguments based on that assumption are fallacious. Matrix knows that, but they are patient anyway because they share our love for these products. So at the very least, we can be less petulant in your complaints.
To summarize - be less petulant. Speak your mind, but without rancor. We will all be better off for it, and WitP will continue to evolve.
Okay. I'm done. 
In general, I agree with the above. Unfortauntely, it's human nature that we're dealing with and some people are not very good at expressing their feelings without a lot of anger (expecially online). I see it here, on other game boards, as well as other aspects of life where one little thing is broken (or at least the person thinks it's broken) and they go "hyper-strident" throwing out their demands, saying the whole thing is a piece of crap, and dishing ultimatums (I demand this be fixed immediately, I refuse to play until my needs are addressed, etc) left and right.
Is this surprising? We're in a culture that cherishes the individual, that tells us we're all equally special and important and deserving. And I'm not making fun of that (far from it) but such sentiments can be taken to extremes by those narcassitic types whose egos need extra stroking.
One thing that maybe we should consider is that one a person goes "hyper-critical" would be to ignore them, or at least respond the way you might to a temper tantrum from a child. Let 'em blow off steam and rant and rave. Engaging them, taking the fight back to them, doesn't let them calm down; it only eggs them on. Further, it starts these furball posts that go on for days and often deteriorate into shouting matches as opposed to intelligent discourse about a game that we all (and I include the ranters here) seem to love. I think some people just enjoy picking a fight but if you give it to them it just makes their voice seem even more important than it really is. We gotta live what we want to see in the world.
Cheers,
Rob 
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RE: rant about ranters - 
. I've never spent time in actual hot war combat. But in my 5 our of 8 years in the U.S Cavalry, numerous excercises to Hoenfels, Graf,(<-- with B Troop 3/4 Cav 3rd ID) the Deserts north of El Paso Texas (3rd ACR), and 40 days in the box at NTC (Ft. Irwin, CA with 1st Sqdn 3rd ACR) in "realistic training Excercises" I can remember the screwed up battle plans, OPFOR where they weren't supposed to be contrary to "real time intel", Chow and fuel sent to the wrong grids, Arty pounding our own positions due to communication snafu's, shooting up our own engineers because of a Battle plan changing and not all recieved the changes, and of course battle plans going out the window at first contact. Only way we ever sucessfully survived intial contact was because we were (are) so well trained that we could improvise and win based upon the Commander's intent. Now, to reenforce the above poster's conclusion: 
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