State of the Meta: Elite "Week"

This is a thread for simple fun discussions about the elite week meta, where everyone has elite.

Here are my observations:

1. Mines: More people are mining, and taking advantage of that ore multiplier. These people are often noobs, and they often work together in the mine instead of attacking each other, making for an interesting solo pvp objective.

2. Guns: Some lost effectiveness due to everyone having full leather+, some gained effectiveness. The Carcano is the big loser, with its double-tap head-body 2 shot kill potential lost, and the Mauser is the big winner, with its fire rate and 3-shot kill on full leather really shining this "week". The Indian bow is literally unusable, as arrow damage scales down a lot with armor.

3. Horses: The pay-2-win horses are really really nice to have, because they are currently unobtainable. That means that anyone with these horses has an undeniable advantage over anyone who didn't purchase them when they cost real money, an advantage that will remain until the Stables starts selling the pay-2-win horses for in-game money. Some people are also more willing to risk their mounts in PvP, since its easier to replace them.

4. Wildgrass Meta: Wildgrass is now a very busy base, since everyone has access to Frisco. In the past, you could expect to find 1-3 well geared players here, but now its mostly teams of people, each with full leather and one gun. Also, once the pvp starts there, you can expect a steady stream of it until Rogue timers wear off, and the base stops drawing so much attention.

5. Drug fields: Nearly always empty, since people can very quickly gather their drugs without needing to farm multiple respawns of the field.

6. Cartels are still broken, and are a very peaceful place to relax and make forums posts

7. In general: People have more money, and are more likely to have guns or armor. People at bases or mines are likely to have better loot than they would have without Elite "week".

What I think is in danger of happening: After elite "week" is over, there will be a small server die-off in response to the new, slower tempo of play. A temporary sale on the planned boosters would help combat this, with the boosters going to their full price after another "week".