So when does SE plan to credit our accounts for the multiple ongoing service issues?

[Claviusnex]

So less players logged into the game would not reduce server load that doesn't make much sense to me. Especially when people afk for hours and even days.

The problem with the DC's is not server load. It is an attack on the ISP that provides access to the internet backbone for the game servers that is causing the DC's and extreme lag. It wouldn't matter if there was only one player on a particular game server as they will be impacted when the attacks happen just the same as if there were a thousand players.