David Allen's Departure

Horizons.MMORPG.net has more on the David Allen departure debacle:

As was fairly apparent to most people reading the design on the web site, this game is technically a nightmare as concepted. We've been trying to trim it to something more doable as time goes on, but eventually things came down to some serious creative differences, there was a ton of wheel spinning, and Dave ultimately stepped back to handle other things (Though still related to the game and company). The final details of the gameplay are in capable hands, don't worry.

Dave layed a great foundation for everything conceptually, but ultimately this was a healthy decision.