Red has one fundamental problem: You can't go back in time. The server you see today was shaped by the miscues of the past. Cheating, corrupt admins, wonky resist code, the list goes on. This server was dead on arrival and has done a very admirable job of limping along for years. However, the current problem of low population is self-perpetuating. There aren't enough bodies to field multiple full-scale guilds, so everyone piles into one that is capable of completing their desired content. A few resistance groups pop up, beat their chests and try to create meaningful PvP, and then get burnt out when they realize their efforts do absolutely nothing to affect the state of the server. At that point some of their members join the very zerg they championed so hard to defeat, and the rest quit.
What could fix this? A hard wipe and a serious Blue guild making the jump while the playing field is even. It won't happen, and there might be other outside-the-box alternatives, but my personal opinion is that if the fault is in the foundation then you need to rebuild from the ground up. You can't just build on top of it and hope for the best, or you'll just run into problem after problem much like the server has.
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