What makes you think I am expecting any answers, I thought HTC reads these forumns from time to time. This should be considered consumer feedback or market research if they want it if they dont they will just ignore it .
OK...fair enough.
At the AH Con, Dale and Doug provided a 2 hr Q&A whereby they stated that Combat Tour had been placed on hold. Many questions were put forth about "what's next". Pyro said that during the development of CT, many ideas were considered...some partially developed to the point they're now in the "garage". By that I assume he meant they're being considered as potential additions to the present game. Hitech commented that anything they consider adding to AH has to be considered and calculated very carefully. Changing one aspect of they game results in consequences with respect to other areas of the game...some of which are unintended and perhaps even detrimental.
I walked away from the Q&A feeling very satisfied that HTC realizes that the game must move forward. No doubt, they're also aware of the players who have left the game due to "gameplay" Really though, if you look at the number of people who've exited on a vocal or silent note, it's minimal compared to the number of new players who've come on board. HTC can control game play to some extent (the reason they split the MA a few years ago) but they can't control player behavior.
My guess is that AH will continue to develop and improve in the near future. In the meantime I'll continue to send in my 50 cents @ day.