I'd say it's unpopular. Only one person of nine voters has more than a mild dislike for it, but that may be because of how it was framed, as Drey indicated. I agree that if it were a new mud with a Darke background I would try it out, but if Darke were replaced with it, I would be disappointed to say the least.
I just want to echo two sentiments that have been stated by Ganelon and Drey, respectively: The player base would likely be split, and we'd probably see old faces and new for a short while. I don't think that the influx of new would cement either player base though. I am curious about the multi-classing thought though. While I'm sure there are issues inherant to not wanting to have more than one guild allowable it may be worth another poll to find out if players would be interested in seeing at least an outline of how it could potentially be done...
