People really do need to stop comparing every game to all other games. They are all the same and different in there own ways ! Its hard for people to grasp that concept because I feel thats the way human nature is !
Seriously when you start comparing one game to another , that's the only reason why people complain. Such and Such has this , I want it here, if not its a bad game. I'm sorry but this is a wrong point of view !
I don't know what to say. On my server there are plenty of people all the time. No matter where I'm at I run into people. And there are normally 2-3 Shards of a planet running. I however have noticed the level 18-29 planets a little less full atm. The key thing is to rember that everyone is leveling at many different paces.