I have been reading through this whole thread and I must say that all the arguments that have been given here, have also come up in my mind. However, I must say that I appreciate it that Agent took the time to create this topic and get the conversation on this started.
I must say that out of all posts, I agree most with Lannah.1283 . While Agent’s description of the problem from the view of our wonderful guild is very accurate, I personally feel that it might be a bit too pessimistic to look at. On the other hand, it’s also a very realistic way to look at it, but hey, can’t blame me for being a dreamer
I also have hope, just like Lannah has, that ArenaNet has kept in mind guilds like ours. Somewhere I cannot believe that ArenaNet would release this game update without thinking about both the casual and the more hardcore gamers. Seriously, if I would be a game developer, I would never want to disappoint those players that love my game in the most passionate of ways.
So, call me naive or over-optimistic, but I believe that ArenaNet has still not given us the full 100% of information on the Megaserver, and my hope is that the last part of information will show us exactly how we can keep our community of charming people together doing Teq and Wurm.
I am however kind of disappointed in ArenaNet in the way they are giving us info about this upcoming patch. No information is better than very sparse information.
That said, let’s wait for tomorrow and cross our fingers for ArenaNet’s loyalty to their hardcore players.
You ruined the karaoke nights Anet, we won’t forget that.
I’ll miss you all team pinky 
Finally, this would make me so sad. One of the best moments I ever spent online.