It was recently highlighted that Sirrian is still reading around the forums ( As Requested by a Dev: A Thread about Devs' Actions/Inactions - #137 by Saltypatra ): it would be interesting to know (not just a PC answer, of course), whether he’s proud of the ‘pay to reduce grind’ direction that this game has taken in the past couple of years. Not to mention the insane amount of unnecessary clicks in Explore and Campaign, Translation and English issues, borderline nonexistent QA…
Fawkner had created a legacy with Warlords and PQ, but what has been going on in GoW is so incompatible with that legacy, that one can’t help but wonder what changed… Even a ‘sorry guys, but this is the only way to stay afloat’ would mean a lot to those of us who have been a fan of his work for decades…