Geno, you're assuming that the people that come to dynamis and "help" by clearing are being held hostage and must attend. That the leaders of the LS are "wasting" everyones time by forcing them to come and then taking all the currency to upgrade something that will, eventually, benefit only them (for the week they have it before quitting for WoW).

But the truth is, a large amount of the of shells aren't like that. I know a lot of dynamis shells where if you said "hey this is a waste of my time, I'm gonna go do something else", a lot of people would bid you farewell, thank you for coming, and that would be that. A lot of shells give run-sponsorship opportunities fairly for people that have a proven interest in upgrading.

Furthermore, if people keep coming to dynamis because the fun (we play this game for fun!?) and the chance at AF2 / synth materials is plenty to keep them going, then who cares where the currency is going?

I mean, just last week we went on an Attestation run in BCD...I don't lot synth materials in my LS because I'm plenty rich already, and I don't particularly want the one AF that drops for my one job in BCD (melee cyclas ghey) and I was still happy to do the suicide run to the Nue tower, and sac-pop all the hydra nm towers. I think I lost about 4k XP, taking R2s from the reraise hairpin I paid for with my own money. But you don't see me bitching about it, I'm happy because I had a good time.

Personally, I'm happy that the currency in my dynamis shell is going directly to an upgrader, and not to someone who is using the shell to make himself rich. After he's done, maybe he'll say "gee I shoulda just sold it all", but I think the truth we all understand is that he wouldn't have 30-40 people show up week after week in good spirits if we thought he was cashing out.