Tough question and at this time I am not going to vote, might wait for the oppinion of a few more people:
Although were I stand at the minute (I am Australian) is the fact that theese conflicts are not pinpointed in Syria, they are all around the world. And why are people arguing for America...
I agree that although the big bang may have caused the universe to expand, were infact did the matter needed to cause the big bang come from? there may be a logical reason and it may trace back trillions of years but the fact is at some point there was nothing.
The new polystaff or whatever used 15000 fire runes to supply, smart merchanters hoarded the market to gain full controll, now that we are starting to see bots again, they have sold off all stock crashing the price.
It will be a game that will run for a long time, but whether or not there is the playerbase to support it in that length of time (asuming new games populate the market) is yet to be seen.