I encourage you to carefully consider your options before undertaking to radically disappoint folks that didn't approach your game as an investment vehicle. The assessment of your best option is not particularly easy, but what happens tonight will reveal to all playing the game whether your course is to maximize your quick financial return, or is to maximize the long term gain you realize from your work.
The spectrum of options range from just terminating the game and pocketing your Steem, to ensuring that players will continue to join and remain in game. I won't be the only one considering what ensues as informative to my continued interest in DW.
Thanks!
The key will be in finding the middle path. That will require some more updates. Whether we like it or not, this is an environment in which many calculate returns. This is a whole new ball game when it comes to releasing MMO mechanics, even more so after this rather foobar’ed early release experience.
It is novel, and we should expect some fumbles and recoveries as a result. As long as almost all players are able to enjoy continued progress, most will, I hope, be able to chalk up small disappointments to growing pains, and the game will continue to provide a fun option to showcase Steem.