Unpopular opinion : The problem of this game and why it's dying

Well as certainly every game eventually will die at some point, I think I have an idea why
As a teen in 2005-2010, I remember playing the game on and off,
There were an official server I think it was just called 'GunZ Global' and then it became \switch to"IJJI" .

The best thing about it being a global\traditional server is the rates\progression.
As not so much of a competitive player myself, I could enjoy and advance slowly in the lower levels,
Getting into a match for level 5-10 felt really chill, everyone was practicing their technique and the mechanics of the game, people tried different weapons and it was okay to make mistakes there because everyone else were also noobs. And at level 15 you felt the difficulty getting higher and it being more serious, and getting a shotgun unlock at the store felt meaningful. There were a progression period you have to take in order to reach the "real" game.

And finally at level 35+ or higher it gets honestly the game you know, that if you don't adapt to and learn the meta you will not have a good time. *!BUT!* you had 30 or 40 levels to get there in a nice progression curve.

I was never really good at this game, I'm not a super competitive player but I liked it a lot.
Nowadays you log in to any server and the levels dont matter, you finish a match and get from level 1 to level 40 after 2 kills, the guns and playstyle are irrelevant, you gotta stick with what everyone else doing,
And for a returning player who haven't touched it for years , its beyond overwhelming.
I'd imagine a person who never saw this game and getting in for the first time they will uninstall this in a matter of minutes.

And it leaves only the super pros who enjoy the private server meta, And Im glad for them enjoy the heck outta this game, but if it is not engaging for new players eventually the older player will stop playing and it's gonna die.

I'd say one last thing for this meaningless rant of a 29 yo who wants things to be the way they were;
I have little cousins at around the ages of 8-13 and they all really like OldSchool MapleStory, they never had the chance to play the golden age time of 2005-2010 era where the game peaked before all the major changes, but they love it because the Private servers and the game as it is, welcome new players and not crash them on log in screen.

edited to fix some spell errors