- Old engine, with a slow and steep learning curves, hard to master for beginners and people who don't want to invest time into it.
- Almost no public awareness of the existence of this game
- Very specific setting (Napoleonic Wars) --> very limited playerbase
- No new content
- Absolutely overpriced (for this time being 10$ is way too much)
- Age of the game itself, older players lose interest and turn onto other games/mods (Examples: 51st playing Planetside 2, 91st playing PW (as Lannisters))
Just a few things I could think of quickly. I just think if it hadn't been for the regiments this game would be long dead. They are what keeps the people playing; most of us would have stopped after 1 year if they were not in a regiment, simply because public playing gets rather dull after some time.
I must say however that we have as many events as never before currently going on: NWL, NANWL, NWEC, Reg. GF tourneys, Duel Leagues, 2vs2 cups, 5vs5 GF tourneys and an unbelievably big amount of LBs with more than 1000 players on peak times (EU side that is, dunno about NA). This is a clear sign that there is still interest in this game which is not likely to drop immediately.
Depending on how mod friendly Bannerlord and BCoF will be I am sure most of the community will move on to possible NW mods for those games because of stronger engines and better graphics.