It's not pleasant in the short-term if you're selling the Steem or SBD for fiat, but if you're not, there are many gains to be made by the price being lower. Vote values are down, but the effective payouts are up. People can make 2x the SP on a post as what they were making even a month ago. If they keep holding, they'll be further along. So rather than complaining about prices being down, work on networking and writing quality content and get extra rewards for posting during the downtime.

Thanks for the additional explanation on how witnessing works.