Talking about the glory days of 6 years ago means nothing to new players like me. Whatever happened in 2008 to increase recruitment/retention is neither here nor there because by Tom's own assessment the game has stagnated since then. If you knew the formula to increase player retention/recruitment, then the game wouldn't be losing 20 players a month. I'm in the demographic of new players, or at least the fairly new, and your grip on new players is tenuous. You can keep dumping negativity whenever players try to tell you something and dismiss it as illogical, and see where that gets you, or you can open up to the ideas of outsiders and possibly improve the game with their help.
One question: Is button clicking what makes battlemaster fun to you? If not, please state what does make battlemaster fun.
