I hate to be the generic "game was great until the last update ruined it", but here we are, that's all there is to it. I cannot see a new player sticking around long enough to even find out how bad they have it: difficulty of guild boss substantially increased, by factors, while rewards were nerfed by the same magnitude. Any sense of progress is gone, any joy was replaced by apathy.
Game was great until they changed the guild boss. It used to be that there was noticeable, daily progress. You could see your teams getting better and doing more damage. Now, they took away all the midgame content and replaced it with uber-hard, unit/comp specific crap. It has been months since they changed guild boss and despite months of gear growth, i have not made substantial movement.
My gear was not amazing, despite 6 months of playing, but stagnation happens pretty quick. Other games, you might start finding incremental growth after a year of grinding, but here, the drop rates for *usable* gear are so awful that you stagnate within a few months, this is despite the pretty generous energy handouts.
I've seen my entire guild roster rotate at least 3 times in the last few months, and the only reason i have ever seen given for quitting was the crappy new guild boss.
