+1 for wipe/seasons. Darkfall has no end game. It's far and away the most exciting MMO ever made... for 3 months or so. And that excitement is 100% dependent on population. If ever there was an MMO that needed seasons, it's this one. I genuinely have no idea what's to lose at this point trying it, or at least launching a second (non-asian) server to test the concept. Some of the largest free MMO emulation communities have a line up of servers to choose from. Project 1999 launched a Green server with the sole intention of providing a new launch experience that will eventually be merged into the main server and it's popular as hell. The model is out there to follow, it's just being ignored.
I wanted to show a friend my old most fave game. Went to FB, group is gone, went to info map, gone. Search darkfall, only new dawn (gone). Put in exact name, found it. I am surprised if there are any new people finding it at all. ...EU 1, NA1, UW, RoA