We'd get like 4-a-side back when battle and siege servers were constantly populated.
How many would we get in a melee only server now?
All of the Battle pop minus some ranged who wouldn't switch over and minus a few people who are no shield no block.
I would even buy that freaking server, if admins/devs let me...
And what the hell, it's not even about banning ranged, but having only 1 ranged per 10 players, that's what we really need. Vikingr had this, also for cavalry, and even though bows were usually 1 shot 1 kill, you never got pissed off by them.