What happened to the population?

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Pretty much everything said so far all points to staff neglect.

- Literally zero badly needed development work since day one? Staff neglect.
- Cheating/Exploiting, sometimes caught on Fraps, with no punishment? Staff neglect.
- Complete lack of communication? Staff neglect.

The result has been that known problems have continued to afflict the server since beta, with zero development work implemented, and virtually no communication from staff - so why invest in your character any further on on a failed, dead baron wasteland of a server?