I would not call it dysfunction.
Chip in or chip out its every individual free choice,and game mechanisms allows it, all cool there.
Skills given away for free also is not dysfunction caused by mayhems, its dysfunctional reality we live in. The fact most of the skills dont have any value is just natural market development(there is sooooo muuuucchhhh combat skills around ingame,every out of "noob" avatar is runing around with tens of thousands skills in tt value), the fact ppl dont want those skills for free or are giving them away for free,that is dysfunction.
Dysfunction created by MA,dysfunction not because of mayhems,but because the way game works!!
Players,dont wanna skill up,players dont wanna hunt big,here is no reason why?
This shit "all are equal,all mobs drop same loot,all guns brings same loot (minor changes),all noobs deserve same chances" did bring us where we are now,in dysfunctional virtual reality.
Just one stupidly simply example:
ppl hunt caperons for shrooms and spleen, do they hunt stalkers/prowlers,no just youngs,youngs drop shrooms,shrooms are good MU, all cool,no reason to gear up in armor,no need for fap,just lit bit ranged dps,speed ring maybe,and u are good to go. Now imagine stalkers will drop much better loot, (wishfull thinking i know) and defence expenses would go in wain(still cant understand why defence expenses are returned in loot),every serious hunter would be interested to get as much dps as posible...but now? He got his commando and are happy like pink elehphant(its ok i was happy too then),and he prays to all Gods he knows,he will not go past lvl 75 never ever, and I cant blame that player,he just is doing what MA,the game developer and game God makes him do.
I just wasted 15min of my life, typing here,and that what we all are doing here wasting or time. All this chitchat Dysfunctional/Functional bla bla bla
EVERYTHING is functional if MA says it is,everything!! Even if its not,but MA thinks it is,then so it will be!
Enjoy or very very functional universe