I honestly don't see why the Bots remake version of base would be hard to fix. The Bot types and armor are balanced; it's just that the drop rates are messed up. However, modifying only the drop rates is much easier than fixing drop rates, balancing the mercs, fixing the OP tag, and balancing the Bot types. Fixing the drop rates is probably the easiest fix to begin with.
If you do ever decide to fix Base mode, you should probably just do it on the Bots "remake" to save lots of time and effort for the same end result.
Also, I would actually play again if Base wasn't broken and was true to the original game. I know a couple of old people who have recently thought about coming back. However, they probably will not because Base currently isn't true to the original game. I know for a fact that I would never, ever forum here or complain again if Base was fixed. I have no real reason to forum here other than to say that Base needs to be fixed. That's literally the only thing I (and ~20 other people) want. You can do anything you want to do your damn game and make any stupid decision, but as long as Base is fixed, I honestly wouldn't even care.