My understanding is he was the community rep for Planetside. With regards to Sovereign I couldn't say.
In conversation with a few former Planetside players about my getting booted from the DDO Beta (actually just from the beta discussion boards, but functionally it's the same thing) it seems this sort of reaction to criticism was par for the course where he (Wachter) was involved.
I'll admit I was pretty hard on the game in my comments - it's deeply flawed, to say the least. But I was always polite & thoughtful in my commentary. I can only conclude that negative feedback just isn't welcome.
You could also go the route taken by Victor "Sporkfire" Wachter, the Dungeons & Dragons Online "Community Manager" - just ban anyone who posts anything critical of the game at all, thus ensuring a message board full of nice, positive posts.
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My understanding is he was the community rep for Planetside. With regards to Sovereign I couldn't say.
In conversation with a few former Planetside players about my getting booted from the DDO Beta (actually just from the beta discussion boards, but functionally it's the same thing) it seems this sort of reaction to criticism was par for the course where he (Wachter) was involved.
I'll admit I was pretty hard on the game in my comments - it's deeply flawed, to say the least. But I was always polite & thoughtful in my commentary. I can only conclude that negative feedback just isn't welcome.
You could also go the route taken by Victor "Sporkfire" Wachter, the Dungeons & Dragons Online "Community Manager" - just ban anyone who posts anything critical of the game at all, thus ensuring a message board full of nice, positive posts.