I try not to log in more than once every 2 weeks and when I do it's relatively quiet. I just catch up with whoever I know that is around (/point Rentalhamster) at the time and call it a month.

I know a great many people have, as I've seen it put on these forums more than once, gone into a holding pattern of sorts while we await 1.18 and are currently off doing other things but watching closely all the while, and maybe spending some time on the forums. I think if 1.18 pans out (and the 1.18 "Final Straw" thread is a good indication of what may well happen if it doesn't) you'll see a return to more optimistic numbers.