Hero Engine: why?

So? Most modern FPS games use a modified game engine from the 90s.

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Bioware wanted to develop a MMO. That's fine...if they wanted a MMO, then why did they chose an engine that:

1) Cannot handle a 20vs20 fight without FPS and ability lag
2) Cannot handle many players in a specific zone without sharding and separating them
3) Cannot handle zone transitions without massive and oh-so-often reoccurring loading screens?
4) Has so much difficulty syncing ability animations with their damage/effect

I would really like to have these questions answered. Thank you!

Not true... the sturdy and robust engines used today are only similar in name only to their older counterparts. It's like saying that Windows 7 is just a modified version of Windows 3.1. Absolutely, not.

Unreal Engine 3
Cry Engine 3
id Tech 5

For instance, id Tech 5, uses a process known as "Virtual Texturing" supporting textures with resolutions up to 128,000 x 128,000 pixels. It also comes with id Studio. The way it processes and handles various assets is drastically different from its previous counterpart. It also comes with new tools and bundles.

Not true... the sturdy and robust engines used today are only similar in name only to their older counterparts. It's like saying that Windows 7 is just a modified version of Windows 3.1. Absolutely, not.

Unreal Engine 3
Cry Engine 3
id Tech 5

For instance, id Tech 5, uses a process known as "Virtual Texturing" supporting textures with resolutions up to 128,000 x 128,000 pixels. It also comes with id Studio. The way it processes and handles various assets is drastically different from its previous counterpart. It also comes with new tools and bundles.

Bioware wanted to develop a MMO. That's fine...if they wanted a MMO, then why did they chose an engine that:

1) Cannot handle a 20vs20 fight without FPS and ability lag
2) Cannot handle many players in a specific zone without sharding and separating them
3) Cannot handle zone transitions without massive and oh-so-often reoccurring loading screens?
4) Has so much difficulty syncing ability animations with their damage/effect

I would really like to have these questions answered. Thank you!

I don't feel like wading through 80 odd pages of this so...

Has anyone in this thread actually proven that the Hero engine is causing performance issues 'cause it's garbage, or is this just getting tossed around with no evidence? How do we know it's not, say, the way Bioware utilized the engine, or some odd compatibility issue with DirectX, or about a billion other things?

I don't feel like wading through 80 odd pages of this so...

Has anyone in this thread actually proven that the Hero engine is causing performance issues 'cause it's garbage, or is this just getting tossed around with no evidence? How do we know it's not, say, the way Bioware utilized the engine, or some odd compatibility issue with DirectX, or about a billion other things?

Nope, nobody has proved a thing. This thread is full of opinion presented as fact, and a LOT of speculation and conjecture.

It's also full of a number of armchair developers who should probably be starting their own companies as they seem to know more about software development than EA and BioWare.