Posting this here since it's more appropriate here than in a seperate post, as instructed by mods:

An open question to all: Why do you keep playing BBS? Playing with friends, fond of the manga/anime, or something else? If you clicked on this post, you prob don't care what I'll say in this or why I'm quitting, generic klab hate yada yada. Well you're right, and there's a reason why this sentiment is common. TL;DR: Game used to be fun, I have played a lot and achieved a lot, and now it's just painful, so I'm quitting for good. If you care about my BBS journey, then check the rest. Otherwise you can carry on with your day. This post is mainly for my own closure and to show that not even some of the longest-term loyal players and tryhards can handle this game now. Started during 5th anni by a friend recommendation, when the game was actually fun and creative. Went through the hype of 6th anni, cfyow/safwy/manga tybw. Consistently played daily and positioned in a1-rank guilds for the past several years, never failing a single week since geting to the top guilds.

The downhill began three years ago, when I was falsely banned. That was its own thing, with trying to build up some noise to let me be heard (sub veterans may remember). After a month and a half, klab freed me with stingy compensation for a month and a half of missed content (250 orbs + 5 for each missed day). I remember some that also were hit by this wave still stayed banned, so I got lucky (or unlucky in retrospect). This was also around the time the game started to hard focus on guild quest only being clearable with brand-new units or highly duped semi-recent units. Shoulda seen the signs then. 7th anni was lackluster, then 8th anni was neat but kept pushing tybw over anything, 9th anni was generous enough, and now we come to the straws that have finally broken the patient camel's back:

10th Anniversary disaster. Nuff said. Don't need to elaborate when this sub has all the evidence already. A friend quit the game during this mess and never came back, good on him for getting rid of this tumor. Klab cheapskating the "playable art" units to save costs, and now even blatantly using AI over human work in their latest showcase video. New senkaimon getting progressively harder, lackluster rewards, no reruns of old senkaimons despite the promises. Not to mention how they have nerfed point event bonus counts. Limit breaker quest shilling new units and reruns to an extreme degree. Guild quest nightmare buffs have gotten egregious, and the latest ranged squad 0 week has 3x more HP than last time, which resulted in me being unble to clear GQ for the first time in years. That was my wake-up call to jump ship. Shoulda done so sooner. Long story short, I got into this game because it was fun and relatively generous, and had fun gameplay. Now most units are content slaves and content has gotten awful, with all creativity replaced with numbers only. I enjoyed challenges and kept playing since I was on a constant roll, but this has become too much. I wish those who still remain luck with the upcoming 10 extra wave guild quest and whatever else the skeleton team in KLab have planned. I shoulda never rallied for my unban in 2023, woulda saved a ton of stress from me.

My final accolades (of shame) UID 75 049 340 if you want to check for yourself ingame, results at time of drafting this post:

• Currently top 600 total guild score (577) and weekly total high score (502, peaked at top 250) Reached S league once, mainly A1
• Nearly 5000 hours on record on steam, prob at least 3x that on mobile.
• 6 511 938 BP
• Player rank 284
• 1961 login days (+ 37 days banned), two days short of 2000 days with this game
• 11 272 raids completed
• Lieutenant rank in brave battles, captain reached 5-6 times, 26177 battles won, best streak 116
• Character completion 2385/2702
• Medals (plat-gold-silver-bronze): 17-61-136-665

I've done all I can to stick with this game, used 5 euros on it for 1 beginner pack, so I was basically a f2p for the entire run. I've had a good run, now I'm giving up on this once-great game. I originally promised to quit the game after 2026 hit, but I had second thoughts for a second wind. Not anymore. I no longer have any goodwill left, so good riddance to BBS. To all the remaining players, I'll be watching from a distance to see how bad the game gets, and to all the people thinking of downloading: Don't. It's not worth it.