What's live like?

[Ravager]

Last summer I tried it out just to see how much it's changed. Rolled a monk and played for about 5 hours. Got to level 15 and had a set of Defiant armor with stats that would make it Best in Slot here. Tried to explore all the old and familiar zones I knew and didn't recognize anything at all. All of the merchants have titles above their heads that explain exactly what they are. Every zone I was in, except the noobie zone, PoK and the starting city was devoid of players.