I feel your pain LXSandman. 4* PvE events have always been alliance killers and they created even more damage when the reward was only for the top 50 alliances. Twice we were right on the Top 50 mark and our alliance had members jump ship right near the end, leaving us dead in the water. If your alliance is completely disbanned, you should merc yourself out to an alliance looking for some points and then find yourself a more stable alliance.
Yeah, 65K is nothing to sneeze at in this event. Even if your alliance isn’t totally disbanded, you might be able to merc out and then come back. Hopefully people will understand that some people getting a Kingpin cover is better than no people getting that Kingpin cover.