As has been said: 1 allow the use of experience to refine artifacts! 2 if leaving 'drops' on the ground is causing lag/poor performance in general then have drops fade out after 60-90 seconds. 3 any and all anti-bot suggestions previously given. That's about it for me.
There is a donate option. Buy dropbox keys ;). Why give money for nothing when you can get cool items? If the majority (not all, I'm not insane) of players that could afford it would spend $10/mth on the game, end of problem. If you enjoy it support it. Yes, it's free to play but it's not free to create/maintain.
Ok, so 15% bugged. I've seen that, had it happen to me as well. Out of the other 85% I'd guess 20-40% more would be viable to win if everyone kept fighting rather than complaining and standing at the door typing, "stoooooopppppp, it's over" after the first complete cleric/head round. They'd actually be, as others have…
It seems like if things don't look like a slam dunk right off the first round, the "oh so L33T" players bail, which kills it for everyone. Any chance we could have a 24hr Tiamat ban for players that leave before the 10 minute mark or spend more 2 minutes at the foyer, or stay 'dead' on the battlefield? That should at least…