Bingo…
Makes sense if you wanna make it appealing to the masses, I suppose.
Meaning, you think you are having fun, but actually… 
What? I mean, look at all those ‘frustrated’ or ‘ridiculous’ topics, for example…
Whether this deceptive notion of fun is that infamous cycle of hype and disappointment or some ‘dopamine’ and other tricks to keep you playing, remains to be discussed.
I like those forum analytics sometimes. Especially considering what a resounding failure [1], [2] the beta of ‘Twist’ has apparently been and the current iteration is turning out to be (hey, at least Classic was much more balanced than that).
‘Mercstone’ hasn’t been shut down, at the very least — the bugs might still be there, but so is the mode, you can keep playing it.