If I may add my humble opinion,
I actually enjoyed the old game and didn’t really care about DE and the new bugs & problems that it has introduced - “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” - so I guess there is a 4th type of player. Please don’t assume that the majority of users fall into either loving all the changes and always wanting more OR absolutely hating the game and its content, there are a lot in between.
Personally, I don’t really want more civs added to the game, balancing will just get more and more difficult and convoluted.
Seeing new game modes like Barbarossa brawl and battle royale are a nice change of pace, if anything, there should be more of those first before bloating the game with more balance problems.