Do not negate 1.18 version support.
removing 1.18 version support would be basically shooting yourself in the foot. that means like 60% of competitive pvp players will quit, or update their game and find zero enjoyment in the hive because of render dragon and all of its horrible features. hive would lose a lot of players if 1.18 support is removed, and honestly just all around kill the server.
I, along with a lot of other people im friends with, have already decided to quit if 1.18 support is removed. 1.18 is the least laggy playable minecraft version on the hive, and to remove support for it completely forcing people to play on a render dragon version of the game is just a downright terrible idea.
I personally feel like having to buy a $2000 pc to play on a minecraft server with fps above 50 is a little bit excessive, but removing 1.18 would practically force people to, A quit, B buy a new pc, or C deal with the lag/bugs and not enjoy themselves at all.
I hope you dont make the wrong decision.
Kind regards - Hurtful.