I'm unfortunately struggling to feel any pity for him.
1) He should have never removed the paid version in the first place.
2) Regardless of servers migrating (which is still a recent developement, all things considered), he should still have coded at least one update within the last 3 months.
I don't know what his general strategy is. I don't even want him to give us squad wars, mods, or anything he's promised. I just want my tank to stop flying, my framerate to be even slightly higher than your average PowerPoint presentation, no invisible planes ruining bombing missions, and no more underwater tanks. I want to stop losing connection, I want W8.1 to stop spinning at 100,000 knots, and I want the word "c*nt" included in the automute. I don't give a damn about moving on, I just want what we have right now to work. And there's no reason why it shouldn't.