Make gathering ores and resources unlimited again... Put the timer back, and make resources unlimited. The game was better back then. Who cares about "realistic", make it fun!
So are you trying to say, that it was better back then, when you mined precious minerals/ore, gained 20m cd and were killed ?
IT. IS. A. GAME.*geez* Its supposed to be fun, which includes a friendly and helpful community of players.
Yes, either hasten the respawn process or bring back the old system because mines right now are getting constantly depleted by the increased player base.
.... no increase in player base.....
Are you crazy? A few moths ago the player base was like 40-60 on a good day. Now it's usually 120 players a day, sometimes more.