I've joked lately with my ls mates that SE is intentionally making things easier so we'll accomplish our goals and stop playing so they can stop investing in this game. I don't think that's seriously going on, but if you think about it too much ...
I wonder the same things, if that is the plan the jokes on them though. Most XI players won't be moving to 14 so if they turn us off 11 they will just push us into one of the many other games out there. Rift, wow, Tera, star wars old republic, GW2.. list goes on, plenty of games around if I lose my desire to play XI.