It seems some people have not slept for wanting to lvl. Now they realize... oh wait... there WILL actually be a wipe which is what was ALWAYS known to be the case. If you bothered to read opening posts that is.
User count wont be affected I don't think as the people who have atleast a few brain cells knew there would be a wipe. Most the people playing would have lvl'd in a LOT of other mirs, spent hours and hours infact... just to quit or it shut down. Now I guess some of those people are trying to say they wouldnt re-lvl. or play the server after a wipe from them playing a few days? a week? hahaha - somehow I find it hard to believe. We are all playing currently to help out finding bugs and to see if the teams hard work has been worth while. Dont like it? dont play until its released.
They would lose more players by not wiping when they said they would, as I reckon alot wont even bother to start, knowing people are ahead. As fickle the mir mind is lol.