I think it should be removed to add balance to make SSRP decent again.
At the moment you can do two things,
Elevator base or afk mine
So nerf mining and remove elevator bases so EVERYONE can make money again. I know people are gonna be stupid and say stupid shit like "oh use a suit and its easy" and loads more bullshit like that like use this and use that. Thats all very well and good but how do you get the stuff when being new? You cant base because rich people have nothing better to do than do a single left click with there 100mil super weapon to fuck over everything they just made. So when basing normally gets fucked over and they dont have the stuff to raid anyone they are stuck with nothing OR they can waste hour after hour afk mining OR spending real money on items and its the reasons new players cant stick around because its so one lane now its do this or fail. Removing any form of fun from basing or making money due to not being able to either because people just abuse how over powdered stuff is and fuck over new players for fun...
If you think im wrong PROVE ME WRONG make a brand new steam account get gmod dont use old friends and record yourself getting from nothing to something without joining an elevator base. If you can prove to me you did this I will take back my point but I know for a fact its stupidly difficult too so no one will
Remove elevator bases and nerf mining so people have a chance and rich people who abuse the over powdered stuff stop being selfish by voting no so you get reward at the expense of newer players.