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I am not blaming everything on Jervis, but I do think he made some wrong decisions.
Keep in mind, when I first read online that Jervis was going to make a new version of Epic and let the players be involved with the playtesting, I wrote him a long email on what I thought were the pros and cons of the previous Epics, and what I would want to see in a new one. To my shock he wrote back and we exchanged a bunch of ideas before the playtesting forum even opened. It was great because Epic is by far the system I've played the longest and the most of.
But Epic A is just missing things that I loved about the previous editions. I don't care only about the ruleset. I like entertaining fluff and most of all, the minis.
The first mistake I think Jervis made was recycling the old Armageddon battle. Geez, do we have to fight this one more time? It is uninspiring. I would have rather have seen something more open-ended. Plus, Space Marines, Imperial Guard, and Orks is a little boring. That's two human armies versus an Ork one. Woopy-doo! Epic40k included comprehensive army lists for five armies, each with many more minis that the current ones.
The release schedule is crazy. Either commit to getting out the minis or dont do it at all. Don't waste players time with the Baran when people really want Chaos and the Eldar, Tau, or even Necrons. That builds excitement. If Fanatic ever does get around to releasing the Necrons for Epic 5-6 years from now, is anyone really going to care? A couple of gamers here and there and that's it.
Those decisions were Jervis's strategy, not some jerk in GW. I give credit to Jervis for trying, but he lost my attention and I LOVED Epic.
Imagine if Epic A was released with the rules for the Space Marines, Chaos, and the Eldar right from the beginning. Or the Space Marines, Orks, and Eldar. They are more exciting. He should have released rules for all the existing core armies right in the beginning and then do poo like the Feral Orks and Baran years down the line. It was like he was trying to spread out the lifecycle of Epic A to keep interest in it and it doesn't work. Most of the minis aren't going to change either, so just re-release them. The Baran. . . god what a waste.
Fanatic's site sucks too. I would handle it completely different. And to say that enough people aren't online is crazy. Wizkids and Wizards of the Coast don't have any problems and they rely heavily on their sites to promote their games, regardless if you can find their products everywhere.
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I know what you mean Jimbo. When I read it (the store owner and I s=talked alot since I was the only customer he had that was a previous store owner, heck I even sold him old stock when I finally closed down...), I also told him GW was refering to me! 
Long live Net Epic!