[ffcmike]

Tatsumi,
you've said it in the past whenever playercount has hit rock bottom that playercount will rise again, and that it will fall again, and so on.
It happens, unfortunately, but does it mean that the server has literally gone backwards?

Part of the reason is probably down to the Card Game having flaws, it's no secret, just we haven't been able to take the steps towards dealing with them yet,
now this doesn't justify a low playercount at all, but the requirements for large playercount to be maintained in the long term can't happen over night, the server needs to start walking before it starts running.