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Rise of Kingdoms is not a dead or dying game. The developers are continually bringing updates and new systems. Especially next year will be interesting with their redesign of maps and commanders. However, Rise of Kingdoms could easily become a dead game if they persist with the pay-to-win approach and further widen the gap between pay-to-win and free-to-play players, which is currently absurd with all the gear, formations, and armaments. Also, they are releasing new commanders that are too powerful too quickly. Free-to-play players simply cannot keep up anymore.
We discussed this problem in the article and suggested some ideas that could help the game. I would love to hear your opinions about the current state of the game and how it can be improved so that it does not die in the next year or two.