I agree, but they do have a hard task; it's not as simple as creating a new game, like UO first was, but translating a decade-old game that people know back to front and love dearly.
Exactly chief, s'what I told UHall almost word for word. They should just bite the bullet and make a new game, instead of having all this silly faff-on. Of course that would cause problems in regard to the knowing the game back to front and loving it dearly aspects...
"Should I risk moving to a new game, I'm settled here, etc etc"
But frankly I reckon making a new game is far easier than the task on their hands at the moment, especially given how much money the devils are making (The Sims 2 Overseas War for Oil Expansion is selling really well).