So, naturally, these people who were now at the maximum level with potentially much better equipment formed groups to start killing all these newcomers who had only paid the standard price for the new content.
I remember this happening a lot in the old days of Tibia Online. Where the frustration of having no chance of defending yourself against a group of high-level players made the game difficult and often abandoned by beginners. Until they came up with some proposals to combat this through discussions and more discussions.