Guild Wars 2

My theory is that they wanted to nerf drops a bit, but decided to take the route of nerfing them to the ground temporarily so when they buff it back to somewhat-below-original values, the playerbase will either not notice the net drop, or be satisfied with the increased loot relative to the absolutely terrible rate we’re getting now.

Since you’re all but ready to roll out the solution, is it possible that you give us more details on it? Specifically, how you decided whom to compensate, and what that compensation is?

Edit: who → whom*.