I think a lot of the concerns are being overstated. Yeah, there's been a rough start for the new team, but acting as if the game is dying just because of a bad patch is maybe a little premature. Give it six months and see where things are at.
End of the day, it's a really good, really fun game. There are still some badly needed features, like a party system (insane that that's still missing), but it's not exactly going down in flames.