You guys need to read this:

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2010/09/03/blindness-caused-elemental-release-fail/

Before you judge what's happening. These are the consequences for the brutal launch. Now they will spend the next year and a half fixing and updating the game, ala Twilight of the Arnor. Massive content updates, huge AI improvements, all that good stuff. This game is about to get awesomer.