for me, ultima just lost when they remove major items from donation list, thats why many new players after a short time quit, since you cant do much if you are short in money and luck on drops.
On others ultima stuff, i think its still pretty cool as expected from an old game, Soly and R-78 still try to improve what they can. i cant compare to others servers since i have only played here.
i used to be very kind to new players and help them as much i can, but in last, most of them just want big stuff at start, otherwise they will be rude. because of that, must of time i play alone, or only with team.
not to mention the super players who don't miss an opportunity to show that they are better and that the rest are crap, as I've seen in some cases, ask players to leave the room because they don't have top weapons or don't know much well what to do in each moment of the game.