Time to learn to enjoy the game a different way in the time being. I've picked up a streamer who has been playing P99 each day for a few hours. I'll pop over to where he's parked, get some stream viewers involved and keep them buffed up and pull big hard mobs for them to loot pinata on while they do their XP grinding. It's been probably the most rewarding experience I've had on this server yet.
www.twitch.tv/stargazer775 is his twitch link btw. They're short 4 or so hour sessions when he gets on, but the dude has the classic attitude down pat. Which we need more of if you ask me, prolly why we're in this mess to begin with.