I am a bit disapointed with your reasons. Let me explain: As i heard of Battleforge Reborn i was excited.
Because i thought if this is a huge success in playernumbers EA or another company
would take a second look and make a battleforge 2.
What you are basicly saying is that the only reason for a reset is that you announced it years before.
There are no technical reasons.
Please remind yourself:
By starting a wipe you are reducing the playerbase even more. There will be less player playing. Why ?
On the programming level this project is a huge success, but it fails on the player count.
To get many players playing doesn't seem to be a goal for the Battleforge Reborn Project.
I am more and more afraid that this project will be a grave stone for this genre.
Because any CEO who decides to make a new game and takes a look and have this question in his head:
If Battleforge for free can't be success, how can a battleforge 2 for money be one ?
And thats just sad. But thx for your effort.