first question is, whats the point of making L guns have better stats, the point is, that currently, unless you own a 2.0 weapon with its high eff and dpp, you wont win (make money), especialy not using L guns, becouse L guns not only add 1-2% extra cost to you for paying MU on avarage, but they give you shit stats
the making money part, at least in hunting, is reserved for those who have high looter level and high eff weapons, this comes at the cost of a new player, who will likely pick up hunting as his main profession, he will have shit returns, and likely quit, call the game a scam
now you cant make every new player stay in the game, but you can improve what the game offers them, so this is the answer, the point of better L gear is to ensure the health of the game
so what would be my next thing that i belive would be healthy, geting rid of bots, and punishing those, maybe not with a ban, but some ped punishemnt, that have been boting for many years now, i understand its not likely to happen, but its a problem, no MMO survives by tolerating bots, if a new player would find out that people bot, you think he will stick around ? maybe, but unlikely, people dont want their time invested be diminished
these are the 2 big ones, and i wouldnt stop ever complaning about issues that would be in the game, no game is perfect, improvments can always be made, but these 2 issues i mentioned, need so obviously somebody adressing them..
at the same time, my attitude towards people playing the game is, the scene from joker, "what do you get when you cross a mentally ill loner etc."
the state of the game is what it is, the opinions and attitudes of players playing this game led the game into the state it is, whether thats a good state or a bad state, i dont really know, its not good for me, thats why i quit, but me quiting is irelevant, time will tell, but it is what you deserve
there is no developer out there, that is going to make only perfect decisions when it comes to gameplay, it is the job of the players playing the game, to direct it, at least to some degree, pointing out issues that need fixing, the community is also not always right, and it is composed of people with diffrent prioritys, some people dont care about bots, some people want more story, some people want better loot, all these people give sugjestions on what needs to be done, it then becomes a job of the community aswell, to filter out what sugjestions will have to get prioritized, not everything can be done, and not everything is good, and at the final step, MA has to decide how, if they do X thing, this will impact whatever their vision of the game is for the future
in this game, my experience what people attitudes were, has always been, the game at every step of the way is pretty much in a perfect state as it is, sure some little tweeks could be made, but its nearly perfect, even now, talking about bots or L gear, whats the attitudes i get ingame and on forum, that the way it is now, is nearly perfect, and channging it, would lead into the death of the game, fine, il watch and see where this leads, and who will be to blame in the end if it doesent work out, nobody really, if people really tought that everything was ok when it wasent, or if they tought the best way to get new players is to present the game as if its in a perfect state, whatever the explenation, you will at the end get what you deserve