Don't try to force something that doesn't fit. There are games like World of Warcraft for that kind of thing. RoE was updated twice within a year and then faded away along with some features that didn't quite work out, while SoD, along with its expansions from AB, continues to exist successfully to this day....
I wouldn't express myself so hyperbolically, and if that's your opinion, don't present it as a universally accepted fact. Everything is open for discussion – that's what makes a project successful. Your SoD is primarily RoE, and only then SoD. We were so happy with AB, then SoD, because it was progress. SoD and AB significantly changed the gameplay and the game, but they didn't kill it. And if we want SoD to live on, it needs changes and progress. Let's be honest – SoD is slowly dying, and to prevent that from happening, it needs progress, which should be discussed and agreed upon. I suspect that it was conservatives like you who banned mages like Solmyr in SoD. Now they've been unbanned, but I don't see any revolution. So, let's live in harmony, discuss things, and make the right decisions.