There is probably always going to be some beef between TAKP and P02, but I think at this point it is a lot less than people continue to think.
Both teams have some very good people. People in general have different skill sets, so it's safe to assume that while one team may be better at a particular aspect of development, the other team may be better at a different element. In the end, both are churning out updates and working hard to provide an experience that meshes with their charter (TAKP is to emulate the AK server, P02 is to emulate a PoP-Era server).
Neither will probably ever have the population of P99. Why? Because many people hate the *idea* of boxing. I say *idea* because in practice it isn't nearly as bad as people think it is, but the likelihood of changing people's minds (especially the P99 crowd) is nil.
As for PS and other raid guilds, the issue is PS is the top raiding guild. Any guild that wants to challenge that needs to prove they are capable of challenging it. Most so far realize that doing so requires a level of dedication they aren't willing to sign up for and get frustrated when PS isn't willing to let content sit idle until the other guild is ready to complete it. Not grossly different than P99, except that instead of socking and FTE, most guilds on P02 try to come up with an agreement to make things more civil (which typically involves 24-48 *hours* for a guild to engage).
Edit: To expand on the above, P99 also loses players and guilds to frustration over raiding. I know, because I left for exactly that reason. However, with a much larger population, you either don't hear about it, or you don't care because it's a smaller percentage of the playerbase. On P02 the loss of players or a guild appears like a much bigger deal than it really is. Since NH left, several new guilds have stepped up and many of the old NH players have returned and joined other guilds on the server.
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