Because reading is hard?
“CCP Larrikin pulls up activity data for players of corporations that have wars declared against them
and it shows considerable activity drops in all activities during the war. They also show that the low
activity continues after the war ends. Brisc Rubal noted that the numbers here were so stark, it
would justify immediately removing war decs as a mechanic and promising a fix after the fact. The
CSM in general were surprised at how stark the numbers were and noted it was clear this mechanic
was having a significant impact on player recruitment and retention.”
That’s on page 12 on the minutes if you missed it.
Brisc even discusses it here: