Remember it is a game first and RCE second.
This is the biased postulate of this thread.
PE was more than a game (even MA said), BECAUSE it was a RCE.
So it was first a RCE.
At some point MA decided to change this, and make a simple game out of it.
So that's what it is now for real players (hunters/miners/crafters..), a simple game, and the most expensive one.
MA simply "forgot" to tell players it now became a "one-way" RCE..
In a RCE you would try to WIN, so to earn money, and it was possible.
I remember myself whith my old avatar, back in 2008/2009, after about 500$ deposit, I've had 2000$ in a single loot (Trox young).
This will never happen anymore, especially after 2.0.
Cause now the return are tracked for one good reason, to makes you get the 95% return, if you are +5K one day, you will loose 5K the next day.
For sure a few people will get positive return sometimes, the choosen ones who post their good result here on forum, or the ones streaming, etc..
Few is needed to give hope to the people..
But most are now happy whith 95% 97%, whatever the number, anyway it's just negative return.
And people are OK whith that cause they now see this as what it is; just a game.
Be sure the % return will never be better, and it will only decrease because it can't be any other way.
MA use Shares to get big amount of money, CLD sold for 6M$ for example (it probably saved their company).
But what will happen when owners of CLDs will have been paid for 6M$ ?
Then CLD will become 100% loss for MA, so what will they do ?
New deeds...
CP deeds are coming soon.
Then it will keep the game alive for a bit more, but will they continue like this endlessly ?
Will they create deeds for Amethera non-claimed lands ?
Then create a new moon for Caly and so deeds for it ?
It's doomed, sooner or later it will collapse.
So EU is a RCE for few people only now; Traders, Deed owners who don't play, etc..
And it's only a game for you players, you will never make money playing this game.
Now some people think it's OK, they think this game is "fun", well why not.. they probably don't know alot of other games if they think endless grinding for nothing is fun..
Or they just don't know that this game is not a RCE anymore..
And maybe you guys should start to talk about $ instead of PED or % return.
Then it's more realistic to see that you can loose 10$/20$/50$/100$ every hour at medium/high level.
And so you'll stop asking yourself why you are trying to level-up, to grow your avatar.
Because indeed, the % return will never be better than 95% on the long run.
So the only thing you gain from it is the possibility of losing more money, faster.