This update has really brought all the previous frustration with Kixeye that's been building up for months to a head. It doesn't matter whether people can now salvage nearly as easily as before (since the nerf). It doesn't matter that the shortened bubble times screw over many players having not enough time to repair. It's just everyone's fed up with Kixeye's insatiable greed and dozens per sector seem to be checking out, and not just low levels. Kixeye is very upset about the boycott, which is why they predictably outlawed talking about it on the forums. Maybe BP won't die entirely, but I don't think it's ever going to be the fun it used to be.
I'm in World of Warplanes closed beta, and I believe World of Warships gonna be plenty popular next year. Would be cool if each player had a base like in BP, or part of one, but I think it's just going to be action--fight, get xp, upgrade, fight, use xp to accumulate more ships, upgrade, and fight. (Oh, and the graphics: just the water puts Kixeye to shame.)