It is possible to kill monsters without the best gear and the newest pets. So who usually buys the items we loot? Most of us pve runners usually run for loot that we can sell to competitive PVP players in exchange for gold. It is assumed that main consumers (of looted items) in this game - are the PVP players and they must want to play to keep the wheel running.

So I predict a focus on PVP and new pvp related updates (new pvp maps, battlegrounds, removal of 3 member team rule to start the game in CTF, etc). But my crystal ball does get a bit foggy in Winter!