I am part of those numbers (or used to be)
Typically on the previous patches (all of them, since beta), I would play on average 4-5 nights a week. Now I'm down to 0. I'm a casual player, not hardcore.
There is a serious portion of the 'unheard' community that are just so pissed off with the constant swings of the balance pendulum that we've just given up. Albeit temporarily...
I'll test and play whatever comes next and see how it feels, but until they stop dicking around and actually produce something close to balanced, I'll simply play something else.
The numbers show that for whatever reason a lot of people are doing the same. I can only assume a fair proportion of that is due to balance.
