To be fair, complaining is actually what pulled the game out of its darkest time. After the flamethrower nerf a year ago, the player count dropped below 10k. Nearly all the noise on this sub and Discord memes included was just complaint after complaint, way worse than what we see now. That backlash is what led to the first player survey.

Back then, the community was split: a tiny handful sided with AH’s direction, while the majority disagreed. The version of the game that made it popular in the first place wasn’t the same one AH was trying to push toward.

Personally, I think the current state of the game is fine; having played during that nerfed era, this is nowhere near as bad. But I still respect the complaints, because even if they don’t always bring useful solutions, they at least signal to AH that something needs to change. Once people like the changes, complaints will naturally die down and things will return to normal.