I know SD decided to hike down the casual road. No problem. Sitll I don`t get why there are no dedicated servers.
When I raised this question in 2014. I was told “Of course, private/dedicated servers are important.” (http://forums.dirtybomb.nexon.net/discussion/444/chance-to-have-dedicated-servers-linux-version).
About one year later former Mod Faraleth closed the thread after someone dared to necro the question, saying that there are “private matches”. (Same thread some posts later)
I say; TF2 an all VALVE games show, that casual gaming/monetisation can go hand in hand with dedicated servers without any problems + they will stabilize the community and help her grow.
Best regards
phila