Just let the gameplay style of the community mature guys... Seriously. Those of us who remember OTA and other RTSs know that when a community is young, its members often don't know what to make of a lot of things. They knwo how to deal with these things in time.
Laissez-faire is best here... more modifications to AA would just disturb the path to the equilibrium that must be reahced for Spring to mature.
The sand will not settle until the water stops churning.