I think it needs to be said, that the bugs and issues in stock DW 1.0-1.01 were well on their way to killing the game. It was a lot of fun to play out of the box for a few months, but as players started to learn the game well, and change their tactics to keep up with everyone else, we reached a point where it was the game's problems that defined those tactics and it ceased to be fun (except for a few limited kinds of matches that DW's predecessors did better at).
Then LW/Ami came along, and fixed the issues that were killing the game. DW became balanced again, and player skill and tactics started to matter.
As much as I'd like a game that works out of the box, and official patches to correct problems, the reality of the situation is that SCS was not willing or able to spend the time and money to fix what was broken. The modders were.
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