" Syndicate " was a mess of a server.. after whoever took over Cyrus files.. just messed the server up, and you all learned your lesson not to trust Zen2 as a host, at one point when me + wond were making a pvp server.. we considered using Zen till what we saw.. also i dont see a problem having a one man team for your server.. at least that way you will know exactly what is going on and whats being added / changed. Also if your server is player ready, updates shouldnt be needed for months as server should be playable for that long without updates. People rush servers too much these days, if you want a successful server you need to put months of work in (solo) to make it decent before release.. that includes testing yourself every part of the server.. and also constantly playing it offline to make sure exp+drops+maps are balanced and also to make sure it doesnt get boring at a certain point.
I personally prefer working on server files solo, means you dont have a dedicated job on the server e/g map/mobs/drops/items.. you can chop and change whenever you get bored of doing one thing.. having 2/3 people doing that is where problems occur as everyone has different views of how servers should be e.g Stats/Lvling rates/Drops rates.