They really got off on the wrong foot with the communitiy with that day 6 hitting patch that basically rendered what everyone was saying about the game in lead up to launch as one big lie and they rightfully so deserve a lot of flack for that. I'm sure the decision for that patch was made before the release and the first week was just verification that it wasnt how they wanted the game to play. But as far as content goes they are still the gold standard for a F2P game.
Also a side note but they knew about the fielding issues in during the BETA is January so they is obivously something that runs deep into whatever it is that they changed when they did the fielding overhaul.