I realise that they eventually shared a *part* of Eden, but it took them a very, very long time to do so.. Eden has been around since around 2007/2008 has it not? how many people have quit due to them/other servers not sharing since then?
You do realize Eden has put an entire branch of code into DOL with bug fixes and other enhancements?
See, it's never the code, it's all about the DB. If the DB is not shared then everyone gets mad. Why? It's a crap ton of work to craft a DB, why should anyone share their hard work when you know there are people who will take it and run the same server, using the same code, but with a few extra tweaks to try and steal population.
You don't share your database because you know there's at least a couple of people who would do this to you. They have fun doing that crap. Granted, you all should have grown up by now, but you can't tell me with a straight face that you didn't share because others didn't share. That's just a convenient excuse.
Yup it's a crap ton of work to craft an entire live-like DB which has to be done over and over by everyone who wants it because no one wants to share theirs.. do you really think in an ideal world that should happen?
What's the point of this project if you believe in "why should anyone share their hard work when you know there are people who will take it and run the same server, using the same code, but with a few extra tweaks to try and steal population." ? have the goals of the project changed? I'm pretty sure one of the main goals a few years back was to create a live-like experience.
I'm really not sure why you're personally attacking myself and others just because we believe the project should have headed down a different road to the one you think it should have. Ideally servers which are not contributing their live-like features to DOL should be removed from DAoC Portal with a few week warning, that should have been done years ago.