im on the fence with this one.
firstly, i dont feel like kaw is dying at all, theres loads going on you just gotta find the people that are actively doing things and not the lazy boys doing nothing.
However, I don't feel that's your problem with the system, your problem is that there isn't enough average middle ground player promotions yet there are many promotions that highly favour the players that are stronger and probably spend more regularly on the game.
Assuming that summary is correct, I'd say that the solution is quite simple...
Rather than having the whole pay to win being a hidden thing, why not just make it really obvious. I know it's been stated before a few months ago but why not have like kaw official membership that you pay for that gives you weekly nobs, bonus speakers, bonus seals etc for a much discounted price like other pay to win games do.
I mean, you can still play freely in these games just those that are official kaw members get exclussive content right? I mean, the free to players are always going to complain that there's not eonugh promotions, or, more just the ones that dont want to spend 1k a month on kaw.
And the people that do spend 1k a month on kaw, probably dont really care but might find it more convienent if they could get it cheaper.
Perhaps the perfect middle ground would just be this kaw membership for free nobs, seals, speakers etc for a monthly fee that is discounted in comparision to regular pricing?