I'm on Balmung and I can't say I've had the same problem. You're server appears to have more people on it so I dunno. Honestly though it sounds like you're having problems getting things done off peak hours, and that makes complete sense. If 80% or more of the player base doesn't login till 6pm or so then you are going to have problems regardless of what server you are on. As for losing Garuda 25 times all I can say is that this type of stuff happens. Every group isn't created equal and some groups are better than others. It's entirely possible you just haven't achieved a winning combination yet with the right kind of players. Maybe raise the iLvl requirement that you normally use?