This way the players have goals set by the game, it would help to guide new players.
With soulbound rewards I see an acceleration of SPS dumping by bot farms (well yeah they will only have that to sell)
I don't know if we see an acceleration actually - I bet it would stay about the same. I'd be that the farms are generally liquidating as much as they can.
I think the soulbound rewards mainly just cuts profits by 50% or so - sometimes more in the lower leagues.
Honestly... I think the soulbound rewards goes a VERY long way to destroying bot farm incentive.
I do think the things you're saying are on the table though, I think the reality is how much time it takes to actually get anything done in a solid way... The answer to why they haven't been done yet... is because they're not the high priority compared to the other things they're tackling.
I'm not sure if it's the right decision what they've focused on or not - but I think it needs to be looked at from that perspective. Like... "They should not be spending time of X so they can pursue my idea of Y" - I think that at least helps to figure out the reality of how the prioritization would be going down.
Yes I hope you're right, I understand that we can't have the same regard as a player or as a team member of SPL, but I still think they should try to put themselves more in the place of new players. This is just my opinion.