I agree with you, this mess is all cryptic/pwe fault they have repeatedly treated co as a third rate game. Instead of making real content they released lock box after lock box for a year and a half. Only once in awhile releasing a temp arc here and there. All of the original devs have been moved to sto or neverwinter. I would not be surprised if co shuts down. It was a game that was mismanaged from day one until now.
No kidding, and the nerf-heads on the forums and seemingly in zone are still rubbing salt in the wound. Most toxic forums ever. I just reported a troll to trialturtle for example since I realised I could just private message them. That guy keeps going out of his way to launch attacks on me in various threads and anyone he disagrees with anymore, it's sickening. Another person stopped working on a wiki(a project of his) made his decision after being trolled very, very badly in zone chat to, saying the "Do it for the community aspect that drew me to this place is pretty diminished, as well". I replied, not blaming him and just said the only winning move was not to play anymore.
I've never seen the CO forums this toxic before, ever. And I've seen the forums become pretty toxic before.
The community of CO is just...disgusting anymore. I don't blame anyone whos angry when they post something thats off the rails at this point.
Edit: I ponder, should massively see this? Just a thought, but if they are going to keep baiting and switching I'm thinking it probably should be reported. I'm hesitating a lot to mention it to them, like, big time. I don't want CO to shut down but ethics........ethics is alot to bear.