Feedback Sought on ‘Exile’ Status

EQ2 Lead Designer Rich Waters is seeking player feedback on why players stick with Exile despite the huge disadvantages. He posed the question:

Exiles were definitely a side-effect of the betrayal quest, and not an intentional feature. Some support was given to them in the past, but I wouldn’t plan on anything new.

Other than a wider deity choice, what motivates players to stay as exiles on the PVE servers?