[QUOTE=BingleNingle;5905667]Honestly I don't think the game is heading for the grave anytime soon. We've just hit a huge rough patch due to any number of factors.../QUOTE]

Never mentioned it was dying anytime soon. This being a franchise game, it could go back to the low population of players it had in HW or even 1.0 and still be operational. I'm not the doom and gloom type and if anything I needed to type that out to get my thoughts in order of what keeps me logging in vs what doesn't lol. But with all the bumbling I just saw... I can't even be mad or shocked if AST's big change is something intense like ripping out the cards entirely and them somehow giving us even more heals because... reasons.

China and Korea have been hard at work trying to come out with the next big games and at this point I'm rooting for them lol. China is supposedly releasing a big title in their country, Justice Online to global and if its good... could be the competition this game needs. This whole situation is like Genshin Impact. No other anime game can compete with it and therefore, they also have moments of not caring about the play bases cries when things don't quite workout. They just role with it and proceed with the next character release.

That being said, at least I understand why they broadcasted that they were hiring during those live letters. Perhaps they truly are struggling to keep up with demand and are now scraping for any form of quality.