I find it kinda depressing to read some comments in this thread (and others). I mean, yeah, the engine upgrade will be totally awesome and everything and we've been waiting forever, but I personally think that the server merge is probably the most important thing to happen to Anarchy Online in years (along with the NPE).
Old players will be back. Heck, they already are coming back, I've seen it.
It just seems that a lot of negativity is being strewn about simply because it looks like the popular thing to do.
Graphics aren't everything, you know.