Why are we wiping before EAC...

What is the point? Dumb hackers will continue through EAC, get banned... but smart hackers will cheat like mad, get ahead, get boatloads of resources and assault rifles, and then once EAC releases they will stop, but continue doing what they do now. That is, camping everything that matters and slaughtering noobs in droves with vastly superior firepower. Boulders will be camped as well as greens/blues. I'm not saying there's no point to wiping, I get it. But wouldn't it be more efficient to give everyone a fresh clean start, rather than serving us up on a very lopsided platter?