I repeat, it is your current lacking failure management that does not let this discussion shut down.
I see players coming up with statistical data which make very valid points for what they say and the admins lock or delete threads.
Again, you're assuming that this is a failure, and that the data showing people leaving "proves" this, when all it proves is that
what is happening is exactly what we predicted so far.
If, in six months, the data shows that we're still bleeding players at a rate higher than before the Ice Age began,
then you can come to me and say that it failed, and I'll agree with you. For now, it's just way, way too soon to tell. So be patient.
I mean seriously, did I just read from the dev team the indirect soltuion to just leave the game?!
Is that what you want? Is that how you treat people who don't agree with you?
No, it's how I treat people who accuse me of cheating and lying.
And I'm dead serious, and I know that Tom will agree with me completely:
If you do not trust the dev team to be impartial, regardless of what we say, then you cannot hope to play this game without constantly looking over your shoulder. So you may as well leave.