You cannot reasonably argue that such culling of the herds has not resulted in at least some explorers going with tougher builds.
The population is better off for it at large, with that in mind, just as in nature.
Possibly, but then can you reasonably deny that the culling has not also driven players away from the game, or into PG/Solo... and together is the net effect on the game populatoon positive or negative. Additionally, there is a pretty basic flaw in the nature analogy, unless nature has evolved to include PG, Solo, and Block when I wasn't looking. Ironically, there is a fair crossover of people delighting in ganking explorers who also constantly call for OO and oppose an Open PvE... seems a bit of a shortsighted strategy to achieve the OO endgame.