False, the future of this mod is time (that devs have) and chadz will.
If one day he wakes up and he's fed up of this, he could just stop everything, no more database...
but still.. if chadz and devs still believe in the "80% of playerbase are the casual one" thing (as stated by chadz about raising game speed thread) but at the same time still leave the big clans "lobby" doing as they want, i really can't get it.
to one side, mechanics rebalanced for a casual/newbie-friendly environment, to the other side, keeping safe the big clans siege goldfarmers. (i'm pointing in general to the bannerbalance fanboys)
at the end, the "zomg guys! why we don't go swarm that half-empty server with our uber skillz, awesome tactics and glitchy construction site! for teh gold and teh lulz! RAPETRAIN CHOOCHOO" kiddos, will have it won again.