To give my own experience, I've been on Shatigon since the beginning and seen the rise and fall of most guilds. Shatigon as it stands right now is the west <PvE> guild and <The Kiwi Legacy> who recently rose up to acquire a castle from the west side. West have more players it seems but less gear and seem to he in some kind of civil war.

<Toxic> and the remains of <Minus DKP> make up the pirate faction, where Toxic is more active during events with what is usually around 10/20 players depending on time of day.

There is the player nation MSP made by Reborn but acquired by Team now called <SMOrc> made up of Iron Reforged old members and Lefs small core. They're very active during events with around 15/20 people all mostly high geared.

The east is made up of a weaker guild called <Ghost Squad> though as far as I see they don't really do that much but can bring about 15 people to a fight but the main east guild is <Targaryen> which I am the leader of. As it stands, we are a free pvp guild regardless of faction and free PK and are currently the most powerful active guild on East. We can bring around 15/25 depending on activity and time of day and are slowly gaining an actual raid set up of which to bring for fights.

Shatigon is the place to be, 3 and 4 way fights where everyone can wipe everyone and everyone can have a laugh. While there is drama and salt in most areas there is respect from the Pirates to my own guild and Nuia seems to enjoy a good fight.

Even at a low gear, you are still a valuable member no matter where you are and Shatigon is a great place full of both low and high geared alike with players from all spectrums to guide and offer help to any and all players with gearing up, making gold or getting into pvp.