Clearly since 2k the other has not really been working out.
Yes, of course, that's why UO is 12 years old and still going. It
obviously is just a horrible system that nobody likes to play and so it's just the last gasps.
If that's the case, then folks that you seem to like, demanding unrestricted pvp and gank ability shouldn't be here at all, they should be over in Darkfall online. Having watched my boyfriend try that system, with a guild mind you, and be gank-wiped for absolutely no reason other than for the others to be jerks, I can say without a doubt that I prefer the way UO is now even if it can be annoying at times. There's being a wolf or wolf pack, and then there's being a bunch of rabid wolves razing everything just because they can. I don't like playing games where folks like that can do what they wish to me or my friends, I like them restricted so I can ignore them if I want or go take them on if I need to.
Pvpers have Felucca if they are so excited about pvp and doing whatever they want, so what is the issue? Go to it, be the big bad guys they want to be. Knock on all the houses they can find and pull out some competition.
Honestly, what's stopping them?
And if that isn't a problem, then what would having a 100% Felucca shard (which is what Seige/Mugen are) would actually
do for them that the current shards don't?
Please, explain in detail what is stopping them?
And if this is only about the supposed draw of pulling in those
real pvpers, again, I think you want to go try Darkfall and see what that actually means.
The alternate shard threads really just waste a lot of hot air on nothing, since the developers have made it perfectly crystal clear (as have the SUBSCRIBERS) that these will not happen. Ever ever ever. Never.