I wouldn't say so, it didn't lose population over that. Wasn't really until luck suits, BOD's, skill scrolls, all the crazy resist garbage, then the pop started decreasing. I played on both facets after the split, pop was still healthy for years after that. Did lots of PvP post tram/fel split, even having seers leading pvp events. Was fun. Oh yeah, and that was the worst thing, when they got rid of the seers and volunteers, let go most of the existing GM's, then hired GM's from India (serious). f'ing sob's!
I hates EA!

Then since they abandoned expansions (on EnB) and then canceled Earth and Beyond to fund EA-land (aka sims online), I just stay clear of games by EA.

I got back on live UO about a month ago before I came back to P99. I had a 7x GM Character in about 3 days due to "razor" and other programs. The actual people on the server I was on were non-existant and if you did find someone they were just crafting.

It was kinda fun to run around and kill stuff again......but I didn't feel it brought me what EQ does.

Not sure.

Man that was one of the best things about UO in general was the amazing events they thru. and it seemed like there was a new one almost weekly. I did also enjoy having my own house I could recall over to and customize.

hehe yeah. It took me an entire year to GM my tamer. Was awesome because... it took us an entire year to fearkin GM our tamers :D
f'ing hardcore! Then when they made it easier, I saw one guy GM a tamer in about three days :p

UO was the wild west of online gaming. To date the most fun and nerve wracking game I have played. So much scamming and thieving and murdering. You could lose months of work in a matter of seconds

what we need here is a permadeath p99 server :)

TRAIN TO ZONE!
legit ;)

Oh jeez permadeath would be terrible.

Lol