p4n, I didn't read your whole post but anyway, some pvp servers do get boring fast and that's why you have to have alot of features and tournies. Just have a little bit of everything but still call it a pvp server so people know it concentrates more on that.
Also, old jump does not suck. You may find it slow because you use new jump mostly, I am assuming ofc. But trust me, it is a lot better imo. For alot of reasons, mainly being because it doesn't look gay like the new jump, and because it's better for pvping fbing/ssing. It's not too slow. Trust a pro :P I went on your server one time as Dakkar and beat everyone on there in fb/ss matches to 10. Don't remember what jump it was anyway. And yes, a lot of people switch to new jump cause they are lame, but you can still own them. My favorite server of all time, which is not shut down after being up for almost a year, was pvp and we had this problem. Yet, it is still my favorite server till' today.