I really wish Epic would just come out and tell us that the game/Servers cant handle end game with building and that they are forcing ways for players to die earlier. Ie storm surge and heavy mat caps. Maybe im wrong but thats definitely what it feels like to me.
Theres diminishing returns to improving server structure, it's much easier and more efficient to Change how people play the Game, also i personally much prefer 500 over 1k Mats, they Just need to revert some of the endgame storm changes because of it, they cant Go far anymore