Look, it's neat, it's cool, but this did NOT seem like the time to let everyone know this is something in the works. The perception right now, at least for me, is that mortal online 2 still has a long road of development. Mortal Online 2 doesn't have all it's features yet, and needs some tweaking on the features it has. Seems like a strange time to announce a new title, regardless of IP or code connections.
I realize from a technical side Henrik may be right. The work pace on Mortal Online 2 hasn't changed, but from a players perspective couldn't those new devs started work on pieces that could push Mortal Online 2 from niche title with a few thousand players to something greater?