I'll jump on the criticism bandwagon as well, at least once, hope you don't mind. I'd like some things answered, and these are non biased and not in any way am I trying to start a ruckus or bash you.
1) From what I've heard, possibly from bad sources, Rebirth are made with Maloria as inspiration and you even asked the previous manager for a "merge", and in that agreement you were the only ones benefiting from it since you basically wanted all of Maloria's graphics, yet use your names and content. True?
2) Let's assume for a second that you get everything completed and ready for play, since it's such a drastic server change you DO realize you'll have to reapply for Classic status with it, right? Is it worth risking so much time on losing your current Classic status when you're even doing fairly well playercount wise?
I thought I had more questions, but I can't think of any. Either way, I wish you good luck with it.