Certainly valid concerns, especially in regards to the importance of Southern Antonica. I don't think this would be a big issue, however. The main reason you want to have geographically contiguous "homelands" for each team is to facilitate a reasonably safe early leveling environment for new players. So the fact that Faydwer doesn't have any dungeons to match Guk is fine. It doesn't need to. As you said, it's simply a place where the Shortie team can level relatively safely into the mid levels. The entire Southern Antonica area running from Lavastorm, through Freeport/Commonlands and over to Guk would end up being the warzone of the server, where all three teams wind up battling heavily for access to the two classic endgame dungeons.
As for leaders, I think you would be surprised how people rise to the occasion and how nature abhors a vacuum. Look at what happened with Green and Teal. When Green split, many people (and guilds) intentionally went to Teal to have more breathing room and opportunity. The same dynamic holds true with having multiple teams. No competitive guild wants to play second fiddle to another on its own team. Competitively-minded players with leadership qualities would thus naturally spread out among all three teams. Ultimately I think you would end up with one major endgame-PvE capable guild on each team, with a smattering of smaller PvP focused guilds who are there to enjoy the fighting, acting as zone enforcers/protectors and PKs.
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