Since the implementation of the search function and patch 1.20 it has become evident that Karnak is in need of a merger with one or more of the other unpopulated servers. You'd think that after a patch there would be many players online, but this has not been the case and it will only be getting worse in the following month when fees become active. I'm staying and paying for this game and I know there are others as well, but we need people to play with.
I've done searches various times and noticed that if we are lucky we have 200 players online, but we usually fall short of that around 140-150 players. Of these players many are Japanese, I'd say about 60 are English players when narrowing the scope of the search. I've had Linkshells with more people than this, let alone a world.
I'm not making this topic as a means to complain, but simply as a cry to SquareEnix. Please let those of us that are staying and paying for this game to at least have a good amount of players to enjoy the game with.
Thank you.