Playing "catch-up"

[Xoo]

Isn't that a huge problem with the game? How does it plan to maintain it's player base?

You know, I've been asking myself this question for quite a long-- wait, no, it got answered in January with the onset of billing. People were fine to hang about the world with not much to do before, but far more than a handful disappeared that month.

I don't know what SE's plan for success is, but I would like some of whatever it is they're smoking.