It took me less than 24 hours into my trial to fall in love with this game and upgrade to a full subscription.  The game gave me that same feeling I got when EQ first came out and I was thrilled!  However, things change in games and unfortunately, my enjoyment of the game faltered significantly.

What did it for me was the lack of content.  I was bored and the grind for factions was tedious. Crafting, though intricate in a way, was also very limited in that everyone could make the same stuff, and I mean, identical. There was no way to "crit" a crafted item to make something special or any way to color items to make outfits match.

The final nail in the coffin?  Patch 1.4.  I enjoyed the flexibility and diversity of people's characters. You could put in the extra effort and find every extra AP in the game in order to open more skills or mutations and really round out a character.  However, with 1.4 they completely changed how buffs and temporary buffs worked and for me, it was a completely different game, not what I had paid for.  Of course, this is just MY opinion and it is MY reason for leaving Fallen Earth.

To the OP, you should have also had an option for the 1.4 patch driving people away.  Just my thoughts.

P.S. To those who still love the game, I'm very happy for you.  As an MMO player, I never want to see other players without a game they can enjoy.  So, continue to enjoy FE, I wish I could enjoy it still as well.

Umm you didn't include the option to put nothings changed, and you didn't include a option to vote that you like the improvements from the patches and the new content.

What gives? Can't vote for anything, I like the game.

Anyway as to the ratings on mmorpg..lol. Really. FE is respected by the online community, which is why its probably made it on that list, but its a small game. It only stayed there becuase people hated other games more, not because it engendered a real voting trend from its tiny little fan base.

As to people leaving, well they have been leaving sinse Jan. Games like FE, people leave and come back. Hell theres a few posts on this very page from people who just came back and are playing again.