Without a doubt the quality of the game and the servers have seriously gone down recently. Unfortunately I think they are not the only company doing this. I work for a company completely different sector but they are seriously going on the cheap on maintenance and operations of their back end servers trying to save money. All I hear about these days is saving money or reducing headcount. Most companies in any sector today is so concerned about making their shareholders happy that they have decided to make their customers 2nd class citizens as far as service and quality. Too many companies are now just focusing on cost savings and shareholder ROI. If you go to far that direction customers will leave. You need happy customers just as much as happy shareholders.