i'm seeing the opposite in my opinion, even less people are logging in, people who play everyday stoped logging in or come on a few hours a week. though i do notice lot more people grouping up to grind, its still same people. it just might be around the groups i know, lot of them including myself are finally at the point where everything is maxed out or where it should be so there really isn't anything to log in for. if i didn't hit all max dow and dom i'd have lots of grinding to do ...witch is the only thing i see more of, people actually grinding witch is an awesome thing to see for later when we get new classes. hopefully it's just that i don't do much with groups anymore waiting for content that i'm just not seeing the raise in pop, but..i doubt it least not on saronia.