I'm not certain if this has already been covered, but my concern is mods. Will modders have to release 8 versions of their mods in order to ensure full compatibility? By the looks of it modders are already having to make vanilla and entrenchment versions.
DireUltra
I'm so glad to see other other people didn't enjoy MTW2, the reviews were all so high. All this time I thought there was something wrong with me because I hated the game. I loved MTW and RTW. My biggest disapointment so far was Sins 1.0. However, Ironclad has done such an amazing job of patching the game I now enjoy it a lot.
I've been thinking about the possibility of fracturing as a result of these mini-expansion packs. The main cause of fracturing (if it happens) will be that people’s play style/strategies will adapt to which expansion packs they have. For example, a person with Entrenchment will be accustomed to having powerful defensive structures and thus be unprepared and unwilling to play a game in which they cannot access those structures. .