i think if they just had the dev team focus on alliances for X amount of time and delay living world release, it would have been much better for Anet. Like who is actually going to write positive review on steam after all this? or is this the way they want to get rid off the competetive players? at this point im not sure. I just hope this amazing mode would get dedicated team and support. This mode really could have been huge if given time and love. after all, we still play it