Hm. As for my 2 cents on the matter..
First off, despite obviously being 'cheating' and in some ways unfair it actually brought a lot of good to the game. For starters, it got rid of Real World Trading, which was basically how many people you currently see on the Legend's list got there. People bought their wealth in the game; it was unfair to those who couldn't and to me was an unnecessary waste on items that don't last forever anyway. It also balanced the playerbase a lot. The majority of pro's in this game aren't nice people at all, but now they can't be smug about their wealth if everyone else is as rich now. And as a personal sidenote, while I love this game, I don't wanna play it forever. Just like with any other game you want to reach the highest level possible, so duping just speeds up the process by which my interest in the game goes.
People in my guild have become as rich as me without duping in all this. Chances are for most people, if you have any good item in this game, if traded for/picked up it will have most likely been duped at some point. Even if you don't dupe, you still possess an item which was, so it makes no real difference - you might as well have just duped it yourself. If this ruins the game for you, that's your opinion, but like it or not, duping and such a market is the norm now.
I agree that it has to go now, but I also respect it had to happen - it's certainly getting the new devs used to their job. In fixing it the first time they made the game even less playable, so now they're thinking of a different way. They can't rollback, and they should be aware that if they do an item wipe it will piss off a good majority of the playerbase to the extent of quitting. They'll find a solution, and things will slowly return to near-normal. Regardless, people need to be patient and, above all, lighten up.
It's just a free online game.
