Aoe3 DE's Future

Hi all,

I am a longterm player (since 06) who has sunk over 5000 hours into aoe3. I care about this game because it's one that brings me nostalgia and I frequently come back to it. I want an open aired discussion for the longterm issues and playability for DE because I fear the future is bleak.

I am frustrated and honestly sad that aoe3 DE has failed to meet expectation. The original game currently far surpasses DE due to its perilous code bugs and crashes. There are far too many of these issues and therefore less and less people are playing each week.

I fear that the loyal veterans of the community are slowly fading out due to this frustration and the new players will move on to other RTS titles or back to their own faithful RTS'.

What can be done to counteract this movement? If you do not agree - what is your viewpoint?