Scout report

For those unfamiliar with the idea, AoE 2 has modded game mode modeled on the Battle Royale genre. This is typically played as a Free For All. Basically all players start close to the sides of the map and, after an initial safe period to allow everyone to build up, a "storm" comes in from the edges of the map. This is basically a degen area that rapidly saps the health of anything in its field, both units and buildings. The storm extends upto a certain distance inwards from the map edges, and comes in waves with 5-15 mins between them, with each wave extending further inward than the previous one - basically forcing players to eventually abandon their starting and successive bases and migrate towards the map center. It ends up as a desperate melee in a tiny area in the middle as everyone competes to be the last man standing! Do you guys think this would be a fun new mode to play? Note that this is a mod, so it didn't rely on the devs to make it. As such it might be possible to make for AoE 3 as well..

I have been playing AOE3 DE more frequently for the last 2 months. I just play 4v4 casual team games with my friends. For the last 2 weeks, I have noticed a higher number of newer players in the game. Anyone else noticed this?