I have to agree with Herc on many of his points. To lash out at him is not at all justified. Thinking this game is at all playable in any form that it was meant to be is like whistling past the graveyard. I am a big HPS fan...I have every TOP series game and addon (close to $300 investment), and evry Squad Battle game (at least another $300), and POA2/ADC, which is another what $120. I was hoping POA2 would be TOP2 modern and windowed.
I was probably one of the first people to get a paid for released version and immediately statred building new databases. Then I was told I couldn't do that any more. Then I find out the game really doesn't run. Scott refuses to operate or frequent forums so this is the only real place to come and complain.
I still hahve faith that POA2 will eventually get running, but I would be very surprised if any follow-up products show up. The morass that POA2 has become is not going to generate the large user base that is needed to move into areas like WW2 or other conflicts. And if its like HPS's other titles, it will take years for addons to come out. This is one of the major disadvantages of companies like HPS and Battlefront not releasing open products.
With that said, I still have faith in Scott. I chalk POA2 up to "lessons-learned". I still will frequent these boards hoping something clicks, but my limited gaming time and money will move on. But in the meantime, peopel have paid for the right to rant and speculate on motives for POA's release.