DeletedUser8152
The best way to have fixed this was to not let GvG points count towards PvP. GvG point would still count toward your advancement in the game, and PvP points would stay in the neighborhood.
Just for the record, the community here did in fact submit a proposal to restore siege unit costs:
https://forum.us.forgeofempires.com/index.php?threads/update-1-27-placing-sieges-with-no-units.6934/