Maybe it's time for a casual "strike" if not complete departure.

[Kai-XP]

So currently we have this perfect storm of a content drought, a perception that a minority is being significantly favored over the majority, an apparent lack of understanding by SQEX of what the player base wants (CAR certainly isn't it), and when we do get sufficient communication from the devs, the things they say are largely incomprehensible.

I agreed with you up to this point. I think CAR is exactly what the game needed, the only issues in my opinion is:
-It was overtuned to where a single mistake in the 2nd phase leads to a single wipe.
-Having the 2nd phase be a 24 player body check is terrible cause you have to rely on all 24 players having stable connections (no dcs) or know what to do which increases the chance of a wipe.
If these points didn't exist, no one would be complaining about CAR cause it benefits both casuals and hardcore players.