The gate to New York from Penn should shut down for some reason. Instead new players should be redirected to New London.
I mean, why not?
That actually funnels people elsewhere, you would see a huge drop in players in NY. Only reason why NY is still so popular is because it's still the n00b place and full of people. Divert a chunk load of those people and you have a good solution.
I'd say at least try it anyway. It isn't that hard to do.
