I been laughing at it all along as our favorite poster on here wants to justify why Missions/Hoards are the end of the game. The more he goes on and on and tries to justify that there are too many missions/Hoards the deeper he digs his hole. I sittin in shade under tree watchin him dig 
you ever wonder why the vtards used to take bases with about 20 to 30 guys before and now they need 60+? I am leaning towards fugitive is making more sense now. if you up more than 20 t take a base that is undefended at the most you will get 1 or 2 buildings. you still get the satisfaction of taking the base. but if no missions are on they you are on your own and when you are on your own you are easy pray for 80% of the guys as you really never learned anything by flying with dozens of players. when you lack the basic skills then it will lead to frustration as you cant kill anything and missions arent going on all the time. then the new players will quit.
that's how I remember when I started playing. i wasnt that good so I would join any mission that had large number of players. but once the mission was over and I was on my own then the frustration set in as I couldnt last more than 2 minutes on my own. many times I thought of quitting the game until some 17 year old kid asked me to join his squad and he taught me a few things about flying. I am not by far a skilled player but can hold on my own against most of the players that join these new 60+ missions.
I have seen some of the guys who are with the vtards, I used to admire some of them as they were very skilled. but now I kill them so easy that it validates what fugitive is saying. those guys lost their fighting skills since they mostly fly in large numbers. but I guess their 15 bucks. it may not be the end of the game, but it sure not gonna last as long as it has if it keeps going the way it's been lately.
I find myself playing wot more and more, not because it's a better game, it's actually crappy. but it beats the boring part of trying to find out where the new 30 or 40 missions are going to attack. I used to bail and go help defend, but I hardly do anymore. it just got old trying to do the same thing every day.
semp