Wow....that's a very sad situation and fate for a once proud game.
I wonder how WWII Online is faring? Been a while since I was there also.
Impossible to ascertain. I know they got the game GreenLit on Steam but that seems to have amounted to squat. It seems every bad decision a game could make they have made. Nothing is new, older players arent courted, and there is no way to find out the current state of the game. Their forum is only open to paying customers and/or old customers cant get a free 2 week session to see the state of the game.
Ive never seen such a mismanaged game. I would consider it now a private game kept alive by a few rich donors who pour unGodly amounts of money into supporting ancient code. Ive tried to be fair with them but they just plain suck and I'll be damned if i pay that kind of dough to start off as a private again. The action isnt there, nor do i have the time, to rebuild my rank again and the coterie of weapons available.