If removing skills is the "smart solution" to an AFK violation, then why not just zero out the mining skill or lumberjacking skill for people caught doing that? An AFK violation is an AFK violation, whether it be AFK pet training or AFK mining. You didn't actually answer whether it is an AFK violation on the pet thing, and I don't know if it is (I know for mining/lumberjacking it certainly is) - but the point is, there are consequences for these things put in place by the GMs, and consistency is important.Leaving pets at champ spawns while afk is pretty much afk resource gathering and has nothing to do with training. Now since we have smart gm they would rather find a solution to encourage more active play than just ban everyone. As for high mobs you either are expected to work in groups or learn tactics that don't just treat pets as so disposable.
I'm sorry you can't see the fact that everyone having 7x pets devalues pets. If your play style is to throw your pets at some thing and spend a couple of bandaid once it's dead you shouldn't have the same benefits of the tamer actively working with their pet.
So, in your opinion, the problem with people throwing their pets over and over at a high-level mob is that you don't think its good tactics? And therefore it should be punishable with perma pet statloss when the pet dies? Alright, well... I disagree, but thank you for clarifying your reason (that reason being: its "bad tactics") .
As for my understanding (or not understanding) about an abundance of something devaluing it, well - that's the first you've mentioned it. It is true that an overabundance of ANYTHING devalues that thing, whatever it is. I guess what you are trying to say (couched in your inferring something about my understanding of something we hadn't mentioned to each other yet) is that this will help to "stop the devaluing of 7x pets by decreasing their numbers through this statloss penalty"? Again, if you think that's a problem and this is a good solution, well, thanks for clarifying. I respectfully disagree (on both counts).
Regards,
Sundigo