Understand where you're coming from, but its not that simple.
Exp isn't so much the problem as finding someone to get exp with. Game revolves around community and group interaction, always had. When the sense of community dissolves due to rampant asshatery and low population, it makes it impossible, or at best unpalatable to continue playing.
Though yes, the server was updated a few months ago, the updates come without notice or deliberation, either before or after. If the community just had a regular update on the direction of the server, and admins participating in server improvement discussions, shit would go a long, long way. Players want to know roughly what changes are coming and when, so they can determine how worthwhile their time investment is. Otherwise, people wonder if the most recent patch was the last.
Like I said elsewhere, if players were to hear sky was coming out this weekend and kunark would be released starting july 1st, I'd wager more than a few players would feel it was worth their time to log on and try to finish leveling and gearing up in anticipation for new content. Throw in an Admin update regarding resists and game mechanics, and you'd see a lot of life come back into the community, just about guaranteed.
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