I expect they could have. EA is not a small company, and Bioware is pretty damn famous as well. This game had enough hype that it was guaranteed a ton of purchases, regardless of the time of year they released it. But the gaming industry is now driven more by profit and less by the developers who just want to create a fun game. A price to pay I guess, considering gaming NEEDS to be an industry to actually succeed. As it stands, I don't think the CEO of EA is a gamer (at least in the sense of: rose to be a leader from a lowly position as designer/programmer/writer, what have you) - he's a businessman who has been CEO of companies that don't have anything to do with games in the past. He's not necessarily personally invested in how much people want a high quality product, but rather in profit margins from tons of medium/low quality products (disclaimer: facts taken from his profile on EA's website, opinions formed by ME). And I think that's a shame. A few executives, taking an interest in what their company actually does, might turn the rushed production trend I've seen over the last few years around.

Turn - Bodyguard/Arsenal hybrid.

No, you're still good on class choice. Merc DPS is fun. But, don't underestimate your healing in a pinch -- it can be quite useful if your main healer is having trouble. Just remember to watch your heat.

If you mean the tooltip, I've noticed they don't update based on your talent choices either. For example, Rail Shot still shows as costing 16 heat when I have the armour piercing stance active. So I assume the same thing is happening here.

Um, I'm a not-particularly-wealthy just-out-of-college man who uses his phone as a phone, not a computer... Simple as that, really. As for authenticators, I did order one. Working on computers all day really shows how unsecure some people can be, even yourself. So 6 bucks for higher security is well worth it to me.

Same boat here -- got the email RIGHT after I showed up for work. Luckily (or not) I will be leaving at 4 CST today.....but only because I have to come in 2 hours early tomorrow for a service call...

From a computer tech who works on these things every day, those $200-$300 laptops also tend to die very, very quickly. Be smart, save up a bit more and invest in something that's going to last.