The "Controversy" stems from AC2 being release with many bugs, and more recently, Dev notes stating that Crafting (a primary part of the game since there are NO NPC merchants) being boosted. And it became a "firestorm" when they released a January patch that does not fix the bugs, adds more bugs (including one that won't let people login...which must be done to request assistence) as will as a Decrease in the Skill that was said to be boosted.
...with over 44,000 views to this SINGLE thread in their Offical Message boards, I'd say it's a Firestorm of unhappy players... not mearly a "group" of whiners.
This comment was edited on Jan 18, 00:32.