Let me explain once more. With the introduction of the lobby fee, there was indeed a mass (but far from complete!) exodus of players to HotA. But when did this happen?! About a year and a half ago.
Over the last six months, the situation has been stable (even with those problems I wrote about above); an outflow may exist, but it is certainly not own a mass scale; there is even some rotation in the opposite direction.
And if those who speak of a "complete exodus now" were right, the paid lobby would have been closed long ago due to unprofitability (the developer warned about this back when the lobby was in its free trial period).
Using the fact that the developer still hasn't closed the SoD lobby as an argument against a "complete exodus" is stupid, to say the least. Especially in light of recent events, when Baratorch launched donate gold in the HotA lobby. It's clear he's dissatisfied with the income from the SoD lobby, since he did that.
What rotation in the opposite direction are we talking about? You can put blinkers on your eyes indefinitely, but it won't change the situation. My words stand
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