Dude I hate to burst your bubble but this game died a long long time ago. Too many missteps and bad builds including the announcement about legion and Dust forged the exodus of vets including myself to never look back.

However I must agree with you that this game is nothing like it used to be 1.5 years ago, that I and many other retired Dust vets can assure you, this game now caters to the weak instead of the THINKING player who would take weeks planning a suit build then take six months to complete it.

If half the vets that left came back under one Corporation flag, you would see dominating warfare on an unprecedented scale that people playing this game less than a year couldn't fathom, and certainly wouldn't survive.

This game is nothing like it used to be...

I agree that lack of new players, would be the true death of this game. It is all ready boiled down to nothing but hardcore lifers , it leaves little room for fun or challenge to a new player , to go against full proto , map knowledge , formula players, who have had the chance to join up and kick puppies together, in order to feel superior in at least one aspect of their life. So quit complaining about your highhorse being threatened , you still have other skills to help keep kicking puppies , and will get the chance of having more to kick.