This game never had any magic - it had a few parlour tricks that 'looked' like magic but after a while it became far to easy to see through the façade. The game has (at time of writing) 12,314 players online in Steam, and those numbers are still falling. By comparison, Warframe has more than 4 times that, so it isn't just a 'live-service games slump', like some are painting it. Bungie just aren't interested in keeping this game going, and haven't been for years - they got bored with it and want to move on, just like they did with Halo (and did so after roughly the same time period). The majority of the playerbase have moved on and Bungie are clearly preparing to, so perhaps it's time for you to do the same. You're better off ripping off the Band-Aid now rather than waiting for the bleed-out next year.