Legions didnt fail. IA did. Once the last major 'Thursday' update happened, it began to 'die'. Not for months did we have anything new... till Mabel, we PuG tested some of Mabels tweaks, that got in eventually, then silence once more. Then Nanu servers and the EU ones came online. Then those died when IA died.
Legions did not.
It lived on by people that played it. Even if the community was smaller, it was still here. (HELLO, WE HAD
COMPETITION!) We had changes and add-ons here and there. PT was alive and kicking. Everything. Then people got bored. Thats all, people didnt want to play it anymore. Just like every other game. As someone already said: It ran its course.
I played Legions since a month after open beta. (I got into the pick up/comp scene much later) I will always remember my time here. It wasnt a waste. It was fun. I met so many people, made friends and enemies. A rollercoaster of emotions and excitement. Sadness. Despair. Greatness. Wonder. Speed. HoF. MABEL-HAN! Do the Mornaval! (I was in the first pick up on Mirage, one of the few.) Specialist loadouts. Zeta, CM, Jenkins, HH, Void, Vv, OG clothes-line sniper. Misty Mountain Hop. Pretzel05. Graydoubt. One-Small-Step... just a few I could dredge up right now.
I have many memories of this game,
and it failing isn't one of them.