Coeurl here too, and it has gotten especially bad lately. I have five or six linkshells, and over the last couple of weeks alone, three have gone from bustling to dead silent. Even hunts are painfullyyy slow nowadays. But that said, decent patch is coming next week and its only a few more months to expansion; Coeurl may see lots of new players soon. It's too early to shout for abandoning the whole ship.