First of all, i would like to say that all the effort put into improving this game is well appreciated. BUT, I dont think this game is moving to the right direction. With the current situation(users dropping rapidly each month), the bbs should focus on how to attract new players to the game or keep the newly signed ones. And I dont see how this update will achieve any of that, its a long-term investment with no tested results at the moment that is almost impossible(if not inadvisable) for any new manager to follow.
I've been reading the forums for quite some time now and i have witnessed some really good and innovating suggestions being turned down because 'that would increase the gap between old and new players'. Yet this update is the exact definition of increasing that gap. How and why would a new manager invest so much in a single untested upgrade when they havent actually managed to make the single first step of increasing the arena's capacity?
And why is this update a priority when there are so many major issues left unattended? Its clear to most of us(i believe among the bbs too), that a mobile app would be a huge breth of innovation to this game, it would definitely attract a whole lot of new users and prove to be a profitable move for the owners in the long run. Improvements in the staff mechanics, the transfer list, the training, etc would also help establishing a stable community.
Somehow all these issues are ignored and we get a 3 part arena update
P.S 1: Dont get me wrong, I know BuzzerBeater is a long-term investment game and this is what i love about it the most, but I think this is getting off -balance right now.
P.S 2: The sole purpose of writing this is my love for the game and my wish to develop a large community once more.