People have been saying that the game is going to die soon for quite a few years already.
However, if ncwest doesn't take any actions regarding the blatantly dreadful issue we currently have with our gold income, I genuinely think the game will finally die for real in a short time. That's how serious this issue is.
But hey, maybe that's a good thing after all. That would mean we could move to a different game where its management actually knows what they're doing, knows the state of the game, listens to their players and comes with solutions for its problems! If only Blade&Soul could be one of those, but alas...