Many of us bought Age of Empires III purely for the scenario design aspect. While some of us are, of course, having a blast playing online, many of us would have overlooked the game had the scenario editor been completely left out.
Scenario designing takes time, patience, and a passion for the genre of designing, for lack of a better word. Some designers put heart and soul into their scenarios, not in the notion that they profit off of it, but the fact that others purely enjoyed the scenario! People like to see their work appreciated, acknowledged, and Back in the old design days, getting a review was an honor. The reviews were done by a review team, which were always intelligent, fairly well known for their accomplishments, and had opinions that even the best scenario designers would respect. With the onslaught of the 'anyone' can review system, the quality of reviews dwindled down. Although site staff did a Because of this, I recommend an official review team be insituted for Age of Empires III. I am fully aware of the time difficulties of doing such a thing, but I believe in the long-run a system will be worked out that will bring scenario design to a new level.