Factions - Consider prioritizing it above Skyblock (if not, explain why)

NOTE: I'm not claiming to know what the correct decision from a pure business standpoint is (i.e. player activity, net revenue, etc). This is made from the perspective of a long time OGN player who loves Factions (I am not pretending to be unbiased here!) I'm truthfully having a difficult time understanding what the current situation of Factions is. It's my favorite gamemode and I want it to get the attention it deserves. I'm a bit unclear why prioritizing Skyblock over Factions would be a consideration. After the "initial" season of Factions (Old/Legacy season) ended, the gamemode was down for a long time and both SMP and RPG got new seasons in the meantime. I felt this was understandable given the circumstances. Factions was re-developed from scratch. Very little of the existing work on the gamemode was of good enough quality to be re-used (that's my understanding at least). The old/legacy gamemode was likely a product of developing something overly ambitious with limited experience, and as flawed as it was I loved what it was trying to be. RPG was also being re-developed from scratch, but had already been in development for around 8 months by that point. Given that RPG was much closer to release than Factions (and the server was likely not in a position financially to develop 2 gamemodes in parallel), I think this was understandable. Now, I'm having a harder time understanding what the situation is. Epic is talking about the possibility of prioritizing Skyblock over Factions (though I think Epic isn't very involved with development, so this probably should be taken as unconfirmed or undecided). It's hard for me to understand why this would be. MORE IN COMMENTS