Red will never recover unless it is wiped. The server is far too top-heavy at this point for any new players to break in. If you're lucky, you might join with a group of friends to level with or just by chance catch someone leveling their 12th alt to xp with. Otherwise, you'll be playing SoloQuest 90% of the time until you start hitting 50+ where you'll be met by swarms of bored players that have farmed the server for years already, that are looking to entertain themselves at your expense.
Red had it's chance to see a meaningful population boost when TMO came over from blue, and they ruined it by actively griefing their members and their raids. And in the end, the server got what it deserved when the number 1 raiding guild (Empire) pulled out of the server and quit after TMO was already dead.
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