It killed AE for me before Live shutdown as it, yes, ruined pacing and left maps silent, all that good stuff. I'd like to get back into AE, load up and retool my old stories (still have the files!) but this bug really broke them, so.... I've mentioned it here before but I have no idea if the current devs are looking into it or not. We should pelt them with fish and handfuls of yogurt until they tell us. :)