Rope drops aren't fun
The skiers at the rope drops are not there for the powder. They are actually there for the feeding frenzy.
If you are at the head of the pack, yeah. you'll get some un-tracked. Better keep up the pace otherwise the herd will mow you over. Basically the serenity of powder skiing is lost. The rest of the people in the pack is basically skiing trashed. One can get that anywhere.
The rope drop skiers are the same idiots that trampled each other at Walmart on black Friday. Same idiots who queued up in Time Square for hours in the bone chilling cold to watch the ball drop. FOMO.
I'd much rather ski bumps.
Bumps are nice. Quiet, peaceful and usually no one around.