I'm really surprised that they did a full on character wipe. I didn't expect that. I expected them to announce a straight server closure.
All in all, this is a lot nicer than just shutting the server off. I looked over at the offic forums too and the salt is Trump level proportions.
The most fucked up thing that they're doing, I think, is pushing it all onto steam. It's mostly Europeans that play that game, and Steam isn't as widely adopted. So that's kind of a real fuck you to their primary playerbase.
I don't really mind that they're getting rid of tab targeting but it's gay as fuck that they're locking you into that horrible freelook mode that they had.
I mean there's not a lot else they could have done. It's been kinda obvious for over 6 months that TSW was dead in the water. It's unfortunate... but all in all this is a better end than COH got.
I want my fucking COX-emu already. God damn it, I'd play that.