If you aren't in a clan with people you can just shoot the breeze with and are high lvl like a lot of people quitting, game would be dead.
If not for my clan mates I would have quit long ago. I started in early 2013.
Find a good clan, don't waste time in upper leagues trying to beat an unbeatable game, war occasionally and the dud updates are less likely to make you pull your hair out at SC.
If there was no chat, I def. Would not play.

