Does it really matter if everyone plays only solo or mobius? I mean this isn't a game which requires a monthly fee to play, and they don't get money from subscriptions, so does it really make a difference? I mean the people who generally ONLY play solo or mobius weren't going to like open anyways and were never really going to play solo or mobius as it was.
The devs income only comes from sales of the product and sales of the books, paint jobs, and the like.
Well, yes, it's not a question of "Want to" but of necessity, the only way of achieving a consensual pvp environment is to play solo or private. if players had some safer environments on the open server, then they would feel more comfortable about playing on it, surely having as much of the player base on the open server is to the benefit of everyone, especially when the game develops and intra faction conflicts start to play a part of game play?