I think my playing style fits quite well in today's MA... same as 5 years ago
What exactly is a "xbox style of play"? I see that thrown around a lot by players with very different styles of play themselves. Landgrabbers and Furballers calling each other XBox-Kids... 
White flag at the town is the firs and probably best example of "more gamey" I can come up with. Previously, the attackers had to take extra time to double check the towns to see if they were down, that took time, patience, and a bit of know-how. It took some actual reconnaissance. Now, it is easy peasy, just pound the town and "puuf" the white flag pops up and the town is ready to capture.
I'd almost like to see a shifting of the capture parameters. Maybe it is time HTC test out a shorter repair time for buildings? Why did they pick 45 mins for the buildings to repair themselves? It was chosen long before they had the flag announcing the "ready for capture!", no doubt there. Maybe try out the %50 town down with no flag? maybe try %90 and no flag? Maybe put the auto ack at 30 minutes and keep the buildings at 45?