Would a statement from ANet help?

*I personally don't see why a billion dollar company, a company which created one of the best rated games this year, has to say a single thing to the same handful of people that are consistently on these forums after every patch crying about each and everything they do (If one of those stat monkeys wants to have some good fun, compare the names of the people posting after every previous patch to those names posting on the current one. I bet you see a significant pattern).

*The 15k armor set series isn't meant to be owned by everyone. It is supposed to be the epitamy of a character's career. Just like getting that perfect weapon, it is supposed to be something that does take large amounts of time to get, and the bragging rights from getting it. Hence why the stats are the same on those sets to the much cheaper sets.

*There are still TONS of farming opportunities in this game. Just because a certain spot does not yeild the same results as it used to, because everyone in the game has known about that spot for months and was using it consistently, does not mean there are lots of others. Get off you behind, quit wasting your time on these forums, and go find another spot for christ's sake.

*The richest people in the game aren't the ones that try and farm their way to being rich. Everyone thinks you have to kill mobs to make money. The people that have the most money in the game haven't spent a single minute farming. Go win 10 sigils in the halls and then try to come here and complain about how hard it is to make money in this game. And don't even bother using the "I don't like pvp" excuse. It is a 2 sided game, and if you don't feel like playing one side of it, that is your fault not the devs.

They have. They've explained their motive. I've not only summarized what they've said, but offered a direct quote straight from the horses mouth.

The communication problem is not on their end.