While you may argue that p2w players are arrogant, annoying, and wish that they don't exist, they're essential to the game. 98% of the revenue that metal slug Attack earns is from less than 1% of the player base. Simply put, without p2w players, metal slug Attack would not get enough revenue, and therefore would not be able to exist

Don't simply look at the detriments a portion of the player base brings. You have to realise that p2w players are one of the most important part of the player base, and if they do as you guys have wished, which is to stop playing MSA, MSA would eventually close down. It costs money to run the servers that MSA runs on and money for development of the game. Do not forget about this.