Why is the community population declining?

[Challenger]

7: Cash wipe- I does not know if this is possible but it is better solution then wiping all accounts- just leave every ship with 1 million on it. It would fix the deflation in the economy.

I love how all of the people who have been here forever say that a cash wipe is no big deal because they already have everything they want. Have you even considered the newer people who are still struggling to get things?

Either do a FULL account wipe so EVERYONE loses out or don't touch it at all

Cash wipe i am ok with. Sure i would lose alot, but it is just cash. But a full account wipe? I think not. I got 40ish chars, some have 100s-1000s of hours in them, and deleting them would make me leave, as i just do not have the time to re-make, and re-rep these chars.I know a great deal of vet players would feel the same.
Cash takes time sure, but repping, and making a good RP for your chars takes a hell of alot more.And before you yell cap whore, i got 3 caps only. The rest are snubs, and transports. I also have 0 cap8s, my best is a cap6. It is reps/RPs that make my chars valuable to me.

To play devil's advocate for a moment if I may:

In that case, would you be in support of a cash wipe + revert characters to starfliers with repsheets unchanged? After all, a cash wipe is all but meaningless if I can stack CAU8s on my ranseur and then sell them back after the fact.

I guess my point is, there's little meaning to a cash wipe without a corresponding character purge.