This thread is completely pointless you cannot get a reading of a games performance from a forum, especially this one. Most my linkshell does not even know when a update from the devs comes until I tell them because they are sick of the Bull Shit on these forums and mods not banning any of the 25 or so trolls that spam... THIS GAME IS THE SUX on every thread. Honestly if you look at the people who say the game sucks it is always the same people too.

To answer your question.

My linkshell has 42 active players (those who log on at least 3 times a week) atm, Our average attendance per event (those activly doing things in leves/nm/factions/grinding with us) in NA prime is around 21 people, Our normal attendance during NA prime is 35 (total people online).

In Broken Water last leve day there was 6 different linkshells doing leves and a large JP pick-up group.. it was so crowded it was a laggy nightmare.

So yes people still play, and all the troll post "OMG THE GAME IS DEADZ" will not change that fact.

And this is just my linkshell. My linkshell is no where near the only active ls on the server.

Nothing has changed simply because they are not done with the big updates yet, 1.18 is the start of massive sweeping changes through the summer... read the producers letter.