Why does this game still cater to exploiters and cheaters?

[TheVedis]

What other means? Like actually gathering? I can easily get into top 20 on hamlet and that was before it was split in 3! I didn't even have to gather all day. I just went out and gathered.

In 1 hour you can get about 500k in mats and that's at Grade IV. Give me a break.

i think you mean 50k, not 500k, which is still enough to get into top 20, or close to it depending on how many people feel like doing turn ins at any given cycle

but yeah, hamlet is easy to get into top 20 as a gatherer in very little time invested