I feel like the game is 15 months old and is losing a large portion of the audience to other things. End of story. People that are left are bored and angry. Everything under the sun pisses them off and mostly without warrent

Ive played it almost everyday since release. I bought some new games and yet hear I am playing slr and getting easy high level gear I can use to level up my helmet and class items. Ever time there is a change, i learn new strategies and change my weapon loadout, never relying on supers or superior gear to win a game. I level up my lower gear and learn ways to meet challenges and experience what it was like to not have the best stuff and still figure out a way to overcome. Man I ran a rift game in slr gear with 200 level and somehow came out on top. Hmm.

Fortunately it's so salty that you should've had no problems staying afloat

....Yes the microtransactions are an issue. Because that "live events" bullshit they talked about was probably just a scapegoat excuse for them to use. Odds are that the S.R.L. idea has been drawn up since early TDB, since sparrow races were a suggestion from even before then. Not to mention the Tumbler sparrow, and following "post your video of doing tricks here" thing they did. Now suddenly, there's sparrow racing,coincidence? Maybe, but not likely. As for the consoles thing... I could make the perfectly valid point that some people simply have more important shit to pay for, and I will. But that's really all I'm giving at this point. People will upgrade when they can afford it, not everyone makes 12.50 an hour and has loads of spare cash to spend. Just my two cents anyway(Insert rimshot here)