Hyper.
This is a sad situation. Myself and at least 1 other who played with me had the intention of donating, way back before the wipe, and then again when it returned.
The wipe seemed to put a few regulars off and recently the numbers were further reduced by an event that I was totally against. Without going into that here and now, it left only a handful of regular players,with most of them playing less frequently.
Next came this topic, which pretty much seemed a death sentence for the server.
Anyone thinking of donating was going to have second thoughts when facing the possibility of the server closing down.
The unique player count when this topic started was in the 60's, it's now at 116, but the server is still quiet a lot of the time.
I have spent many hours playing alone, or with 1 or 2 others so at least the server wasn't showing as empty when players were searching servers to play on. I play mainly PVE so there's always something to do alone, but I'm not anti PVP.
When someone decides to shoot at me and maybe kill me, then it's "game on" and when they get their arse handed to them, most seem to have a problem, they rage, abuse and maybe leave. Some even adopt non legit methods for exacting their "revenge". There are not many that take it on the chin and get on with the game.
We seem to be attracting a lot of younger players ATM, casual gamers, and a few trouble makers, but no where near the numbers we would like.
I'll stick around till the death, if it happens,I hope things turn round, and maybe get some funding going.
I like the features the server offers, I like the performance, and the guys behind the scene making it all work.
It would be a sad day when it all ends.