I have been around since CE release and from what I have seen, Besaid is not really that empty,my linkshell has around 102 members, nearly all of which are active in some form, also the number of RPers have dropped alot since release and has become more of just a normal server now days with a couple of RP linkshells around, but I'm guessing our server isn't the only one with RP shells around, not that it matters to me either way.