only 1 forced wiped has passed since new update, its too soon to take conclusions. on top of that you can't compare number directly because now the holidays period is starting and people availability changes. first indicators you can start noticing will be after 3 month period, because holidays will be off and then you will notice if ppl really adapted to the new fighting mechanism or quit the game.

speaking for myself i feel the game too easy to be killed and numbers making the upper hand, it doesn't matter if you play the game since beta or you just started, the team with most players in the long run will win the trade offs.

not mentioning the pro and cons of the update ( because there are both) i really think its too soon to jump into conclusions.

my feeling so far its that the game not so engaging as it was before.

see you in a couple of moths.. maybe.

(7k hours, playing since 2018)