I’ve been with BHG about 5 months now. The design work had been completed before I joined the studio. But, it went live under my lead and I signed off on it. So yes, it was under my control. As you all were, I was initially skeptical of a change like this to a longstanding game like DomiNations. But, my skepticism had nothing to do with the specifics of the change (or I wouldn’t have agreed to it). Changing anything that is core to the experience of a live game is cause for scrutiny.
My original comment about cheaters was not to sound dismissive. As the community will hopefully learn, whenever possible, I’ll share what info I have. Sometimes that’s an “I don’t know”. That shouldn’t be taken as “I don’t care”. I started looking into the topic yesterday as a direct result of the numerous times it was surfaced in this thread.