Here is my honest opinion. I don’t think this game is salvageable without some extreme measures. A complete wipe and then legitimate tp refunds. Backtrack all money transfers and then refund the tp gained only through legal CASH means. (That huge tp fiasco with the founders packs and then doing refunds based on who currently had tokens in their inventory, wtf?) Remove tp reward from GvG and replace it with something else.
Yes, I am sure that people will reply with ‘blah blah, all the vets will leave’. And then I say GOOD. Because from what I can see right now that the majority of what is left are the dregs of the MMO community. There is no point painting over a wall infected by mildew, the mold will just eat it’s way back to the surface again. Need to scrape it clean before to truly get a clean start. And then for goodness sake, keep the damn thing clean. Routine GM patrols, checking GvG logs, the whole works.
I understand it sounds extreme, but that is just how it is. It is like allowing a bunch of easy to take care of, little infections alone for so long, it turns into a serious case of gangrene to the point where the only solution is amputation.
And that is the current majority of the people left playing this game. This majority seems to have adopted a ‘if you can’t beat em, join em’ frame of mind that is dangerous to the health of this game(Let’s be honest, it was critical months ago already). It’s kind of like that prison experiment with the lights in the guard tower. Except the inmates KNOW the guards are NOT watching.