The market isn't a significant enough of a reason to not have a way to alleviate stress in zone that holds a whopping 300 people... The content itself is more fluid and concurrent with instances. The spontaneity of instance chance isn't even difficult to bypass. Instances weren't perfect, but the lack of space per zone is also an oversight.

Granted the overall population is going to drop in the long run, but as it stands events like Ixion are literally stopping players from progressing...