It's seems like this was a business decision and that abandoning their first "child" was not a joyful decision for the developers. Still, I hope that as you are watching financial spreadsheets and graphs, you also factor in consumer confidence as an important factor for a long-term healthy company. I, for one, never got into AL because i'm like "how long until they bring out a new legends game and drop AL just as hard as they dropped the other mmo's?". With PL i know what i'm getting is already pretty good and has lots of levels, so i still love PL most.