I wouldn't have known about it if I wasn't trying to play a few rounds as a new char myself. People seem to be enjoying Battle and im happy for them, but I was never one of the people that left this because its aged and im bored of it. People could have been playing battle the entire time without WSE2, so its not like anything has really changed for me.
If crpg is Battle only until its fixed, I think id just play Native till its fixed, again, it is nice to see battle populated, but its not crpg to me, id rather just play DTV or Native till crpg gets reverted to a version I enjoy playing.