Yeah it's a shitshow from what I've heard. I remade my character a couple weeks ago so I'm thinking I shouldn't have much competition when I turn 90. It'll be nice, but I'll still be a bit behind on the permanent 10% buff.
People would have just made a shit ton of stone gates if they knew the devs were going to be bumping up the resources in the next patch, which is exactly what they didn't want to happen. Hence likely why they didn't say anything.
I'm not making an excuse for anything. I'm stating you're out of your fucking mind if you think an empty raft could ever out-distance an aggro'd SotD. Go ahead and try to prove otherwise. You won't.