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[Occhidiangela]

That is, whenever one faction gains too much power, other parties will unite to counter the dominant faction, even if those parties are fundamentally opposed to one another. If outside parties are unable to muster enough strength to counter the dominant faction, then forces will rise from within the dominant faction and fracture it. In order to maintain one's dominance, the dominant faction must be ever vigiliant to counter moves against it, and ultimately all such dominant factions are doomed to failure. This is true for empires, monopolies, political parties, or even sports teams.
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True enough in history, (over variable time horizons) however, in the explicitly artificial world of the WoW, I will suggest that your assumption of the great uprising of "other factors" (how, spontaneously?) can, due to server population limitations and the UNequal balance of playing time resources, be called into serious question. Now, if the GM induces such balancing forces, OK, then it is no longer jungle rules, it is the Game Referee imposing a second level of artificiality into the realm/server to "balance" it . . . at the risk of losing the monthly subscribing Gankhound.

What might look to be an appetizing option would be to make PvP servers Hardcore, so that when rivals or balancing forces arise, they put paid to the Gankmasters for good . . . however, given level caps, this is probably a milieu set up to favor the Gankmeisters in the form of an incentive to go forth, seek out nascent uprisings, and put paid to them for good.

Maybe my experiences with the HC world of D II skews my view on this.

EDIT for clarity and a few typos.

Occhi