I, too, believe that many of the changes to the game rather reduced its player base (though not all decisions were bad for the gameplay experience), and that DU will be halted by around middle of next year. UNLESS the developers or their management implement a new policy, not to make DU thee way they want it to be, but how the players want it to be (or remain). If they are able and willing to undo those decisions that had a negative impact, the game could continue and even gain again in the amount of players.
Heck, I don't even understand, why NQ persists of these bad changes despite seeing the very negative impact of those decisions. What are the reasons behind keeping those bad decisions and reducing the player base? That is what interests me most.