Is the server overpopulated? Or is it something more?

[tanknspank]

Originally Posted by Ivory [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Create a "refresh server"!

This would be another server that wipes itself clean every year or so (though, instead of deleting the characters, it dumps them onto the main server for people who want to keep playing their characters and continue onto the end game, or who don't want to lose their work and just keep going).

This. I'd definitely level my alts there. Back in classic I played over and over on the new servers SOE would open, enjoying the level race, bunches of like-levelled people all grouping, and the sense of worth in low/midlevel loot. Same with the early prog server.