Whether or not there should be a cap on gathering yields isn't something you ask the populace, no more than you would ask a kindergarten class whether or not they would like Ice Cream for breakfast and lunch. It's a stupid idea, independent of how popular it would be with the target demographic.

It is too hard to get the average MMO player to understand why limiting their production can be and is a good thing. Most MMORPG players have not graduated to formal operational thought. A concrete operational player cannot understand the reasoning involved here.

You don't ask the players. You just cap production, and that's that.

Just because Tanaka's gone, and Tanaka would have none of your all's ****, doesn't mean you can have your **** now. Tanaka's not the only one capable of recognizing how stupid some of your all's ideas are, no matter how popular they might be.