After 9 years, it is time for me to call it quits on this EQ2Wire News site. I feel I have always put players first, and that choice has repeatedly cost me support I might have otherwise gotten from the EQ2 team and Sony Online Entertainment. At the last SOE Live, I was jokingly branded “chief shit-stirrer” by the Community Council for my constant vigilance of issues affecting customers, and my frequent and often uncomfortable requests for accountability. I have often cast a bright spotlight on business and development choices that I felt negatively affect players. Even though all that,...