I'm agreeing with you entirely on the fact punishments are too lax. I've never wavered from that for an instant.
But, when someone is going to paint people as saints that are very obviously not, I'm going to correct them.
This entire situation has been exacerbated by the lack of severe punishment and transparency. In my experiences across many emulated MMOs, if you aren't 100% transparent or hardcore on offenders it will never be put to rest. I've seen countless great projects go down the tubes because of the very things we're seeing now, here.
This project is probably the best I've seen, of all of them. But, it is hitting a crossroads right now that will make or break it. Losing two devs isn't going to kill the server, but it is putting it on life support. This is of course just my opinion based on years of experience in various emulated mmo communities.
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