But… why didnt you stay tunned until you get an opposition? why leave it completely? maybe you get a team nearer than you think…
You can play Modern Warfare, Civ… or World of Tanks and wargames like me… but this doesnt fill all my needs… i dont know if this is your situation… but i can’t live without our friday reunions with beers and maps 
We are actually on a game, but there are teams (like ours) that will play until last day of Middle Earth…
PD: Ill send you a private message
I’ve noticed players leaving the game, too. I don’t know for certain, but i expect we’ve all played 1650/2950 so many times, that it’s just too repetitive. I’ve just recently started playing FA1000, and I really enjoy the “newness” of not knowing exactly what the other players have, where it is, and what they’re going to be doing for the first 5 turns.
What I’m getting around to here is, what is we came up with a whole new map? This idea has probably been floated before, but how tough could it be? We spend a week or two getting a new map put into the program, randomize the artifacts, and run it using FA1000 nation set-up rules. We could even throw in a bunch of new SNAs.