I'd hazard to guess that they (CA) harken back to all the complaints about a-holes in the foyer, of which there were many. Many of us have thick skins and just dealt with it, but do recall there was a lot of frustration expressed over behavior in the foyer. I'd hazard to guess again that maybe the departure from the foyer structure was an attempt to address this--one that may have reduced/eliminated some of the problems inherent in a foyer, but introduced other, bigger problems. Hence, the complaints now about the lack of a foyer by many and the appeal to return to that system. If I were in CA's position, I'd be thinking: "How can we give them what they want (a foyer) and avoid all the bull crap we had to deal with before?"

Just my two koku. Because of the radical drop in quality of MP, I haven't played online since MTW/VI, so I have no experience with their new way of doing things. But I do trust the opinions of the "veterans" who share their thoughts here.