Aside from all the drama I don't want to get involved with...
People have fallen off hard.
I mainly play EST timezone, and @who always had 100 to 120 people playing in those times.
Now? 57 to 65 max, and 50 of those are afks and stalls.
Now why did this happen?
People leveled a lot during Easter. They leveled themselves out of gear and books.
They don't have the proper books/gear they need to farm the bosses they need to progress.
On top of that, the items and books they need are priced so ridiculously that people are choosing to stop playing and wait for game updates instead. Hopefully they'll come back? Who knows.
My two guilds had 20/30 active daily people for the last six/seven months before Easter. Now we're lucky to push 5 to 10.
Simply can't get them the gear and books they need, and when we tried to farm bosses it turned into a pk fest.
THE LORD OF THE DEAD HAS RETURNED...
Yea... I've said what I have to say.