[Reddit] Is the grass greener in Aether?

[Hyperia]

i did not expect dynamis to be this dead after almost 2 years of being open. is that due to dc travel?
i might actually have to transfer aether/prima/crystal if it doesn't get better in dawntrail.

the little detrimental things here that add up:
-frontlines doesn't pop
- market board is bad(you could make money because not much competition, but everything is overpriced) like seriously what noob is going to buy a 52 gathering top for 30k gil?
-eureka is dead and probably bozja too. even if i can spawn NM's myself i don't want to solo eureka
-i have a medium house but why does it matter if nobody comes to visit and leave a message? the wards are very dead. i'd rather make an apartment on a populated server.

The situation is this bad because we are facing an unprecedented content drought in the history of this game. As a result, all of the active players are now coalescing on the Aether data center while many veteran players are on a 9 month break.

This is very much expected and not really a surprise to many veterans. Once they add a true region wide finder system, populations should start to normalize. Until that is done or 7.0 release, expect this to only get worse.