Decay was 100% the problem. A great system would be an escalating decay. Such as… week 1 of no PvP 0%, week 2 3%, week 3 5% etc etc.
The immediate harsh decay was brutal.
It is never going to happen… Since you “know it all” do you remember this blue post? What am i saying, of course you do, because again you know everything!
This was originally intended to strictly kill botting… but the forums went into an outrage and they decided against it.
This is why 1.13 is dead and never coming back. The botting for pools is out of control.