I think the drop in numbers has more to do with the excessive number of servers than it does with the end game content. You have packs of people who all wanted to continue playing, but couldn't because they're all isolated from each other on different servers. I think we'll see an uptick once the transfers start, and then another when they do the mega-super-servers.
Although I'm actually worried that the transfers will kill some of the medium-pop servers like mine (Tarro Blood). My server isn't a graveyard, but it's not super active either.
Not that it will really matter to me. Since I have and will always play MMOs primarily like they're massive single player games.
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