April 2018 update introduced auto-replay
https://forum.ironmaidenlegacy.com/s...ht=auto-replay
I tried to find my post about not needing to tap three times after every battle - now THOSE were grind events... you HAD to babysit and tap, tap, tap, each time to replay.. there was no "overnight, set it and let it run"... but I can't remember the exact wording I used and it was really just a passing comment which overall was unimportant... then a couple months later.. auto-replay appeared. I'm sure it was merely a coincidence and they were already working on it.. but I found it funny.
And remember apparently the "team" has changed at least once, if not twice. So, there's a marked chance that the current team doesn't completely understand the entire code base. I know at large software companies like Adobe or Microsoft there's little knowledge overall of everything. Most of the time they have to delve into a block of code to figure out how it was written/configured and how it's working, especially if it's an older or more "base" block. The older the code, typically the worse the documentation.
And I'd argue that casual players are more likely to quit than long-term vested players.