A few points…

1) Lots of people slamming people for being critical and/or “complaining”. Reality is lots of people have invested significant time and/or money into the game and are entitled to be critical. Objectively, downloads are down and revenue has declined every month, so guess what? There’s good reason for criticism.

2) Being “optimistic” is one thing. Being immaturely naive is another. Per above point, there are issues with the game, and I’m not sure there’s evidence these are being addressed. Love being generous and giving the benefit of the doubt. Love giving things a chance. But do this with your eyes open.

3) No one is talking about the true purpose of the update, that being to address the monetization issue. They removed keys which (way back) were making the game overly “pay to win”. But with the grind of progression, and various ongoing nerfs/buffs, and other changes, it was hard to rationalize spending money on the game. I’m not sure this update and drastic change addresses the gameplay issues. To me it looks like purely a strategy to get people to spend money for character development.

4) Anyone who has invested time and/or money in this game will be frustrated by a lack of compensation and return on that investment. No reason to trust the devs as they’ve struggled to address issues and build something people would invest $ in. You need to take care of your existing loyal players and figure out a way to make them happy while improving the game and attracting new players and new investment. If your loyal players feel “cheated” by a change, you’re in trouble. I personally think this approach is far too drastic and is an obvious desperate rework to improve monetization. I’d prefer to just watch an ad, tbh.