Any beta should be opt-in, and not forced onto everyone.
I am not helping testing whatever this is.
As a returning player, this is making me drop the game.
I had been happily fighting for my 'world' over the past couple weeks, feels nice... until this comes in out of the blue.
I get asked to pick an alliance I do not know or care about, I just get shuffled over and over anyways.
The matchmaking was so bad today, that only one alliance seemed to be playing the game, and mine clearly wasn't.
I might just try and come back in February after this is over