Also, i don't really see the playerbase as dying. Compared to last year, it has grown quite significantly.
What toxicity?
Who said anything about the playerbase? I said it would increase and I never said it was dying. I said the community is gone. Perhaps you've missed the countless streams and continuous content being pumped out MVGame
I gave up a long time ago, it's expectations that cause you to feel consistently disappointed. The game is beyond buggy, runs like ass and has a host of game breaking issues but it is still enjoyable casually.
I think the main bulk of the "community" has already left, there isn't much we can hope to rebuild or encourage since the damage has already been done. Will there be an influx of players with a new expansion? Sure but that won't prevent the appalling retention rate for players from falling.
I don't even think an amazing expansion pack can pick the game up at this point, it's simply too late. Relic is probably going to pick up the pieces and hopefully drag this "5 year plan" out until a new project (if it hasn't already been in development) comes along.