Hacks--- Learn to live with it and this happens from Q, Freeps and Exhile there are just some ""unsavory"" players.
Exploits---- Show me a game that does not have them and players that dont use em learn who they are and avoid them of hunt them down and own them when you can your choice.
Lame Stuff--- See Exploits
As for your population issue I have no idea what you are talking about since when I am on its the exact opposite and I am out numbered 6-10Q to 1FP in any zone other than starter zones. I really think it depends on what time you are on tbh. As if I log in for a couple hours here and there over a 24 hour period I do notice a popluation shift at diff times from Q to Exhile to Freeps. So if you want to ouot number the freeps log in at a diff time and it will happen. I flew into 6 full groups of Q and 2 full groups of exhile at Dreggs Landing last night. Wanna know how many freeps were in the zone cause I checked, 18 when I hit hit the /who. Now that number went up as we sent the call out yet more Q and Exhile showed also untill KP1 crashed and KP3 was opened.
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Oh and you are in Sovereignty and are complaining about low poulation I hardly ever see a Solo member of your guild in any Tier ( good strat for PvP btw). Your guild is (also from my experiance) some of the biggest gankers and griefers out there. I cannot count the number of times I have been killed by a full group or two full groups of Sovereignty while enguaged with a mob not even for the writ update as I did not drop a chest, or lose fame or anything. The only thing I can think is either a) they were doing it so I would call for help and get more freeps in the zone or b) so I would leave the zone so they could quest or c) so I would take an armor hit and have to spend my cash on repairs instead of spells so I would stay [Removed for Content]. All of which are good PvP strats in all honesty as they keep the other player weaker or raise the amount of PvP in a zone, but in all honesty I think it was more just to be lil punks and a pain in my backside (which is fine too, just shows the mentality of some of your members IMO ) Anyway have a nice day.