First STSF character ever - it's pretty broken. I've been on the receiving end plenty of time and it sucked hard.
The other reason is because a lot of people play very conservatively. To a certain degree it's no longer become Carrionfields, but hello kitty island.
Then there are people like you who think everything is a cheat or a hack or an abuse instead of thinking of ways around it besides the same cookie cutter approach (noting that they work - I've died to orc ganks plenty of time with this character until they decided not to try to gank me, even without the head). Orc bash + crushingassault killed me pretty hard. I remember when I looked up to you and a bunch of other people when I first started playing the game because of how up to the challenge you guys were, whether exploration, pk, or otherwise. Guess you just got jaded.