MMORPG.com reported on a lecture presented by Scott Brown, the President of Net Devil and Hermann Peterscheck, the game's Producer, as they shared with conference attendees their missteps while brining Auto Assault to market.

"My house has been mortgaged and re-mortgaged too many times to count," quipped Scott, as Hermann elaborated on the problems they faced.

Check Devlor's commentary on this ODGC lecture:

Seeing this article was a bittersweet moment. I was happy to see that they finally owned up to mistakes that were made. The fact that I was right about some comments and passing thoughts I've had (like how they need to play the game themselves) made me sad. I've invested a lot of time and energy into this game, more than any other MMO I've played. Now I feel like a bit of a fool. I've had many arguments about issues in the game, including my own class. Was it all for nothing? Time will tell.