The real reason the population is declining is...

[oldfish]

Im not really sure xp loss is a replacement because most people were running around mostly in no drop gear. At least casters were.

its really sad that they chose to migrate this poopsock shit over to red. It could have snowballed into something much bigger if it was a pvp fest and people were havin fun. I could honestly see this server pass the 1k bar if people were having pvp fests when it launched. People just hit the PVE xp wall and without PVP action happening because of xp loss deterrent, realized its just a blue server with a twist and got bored and quit. Then its just a pop downward spiral as more people get bored.

Im sure most people on Rallos didnt complain about "FUCK THIS SHIT, I CANT PVE, BECAUSE SOMEONE IS PVPING ME OVER AND OVER", they were too busy getting high and pvping all nite. Thats why it took so long to level, cuz of the pvp fests, which were fun.

Here you have the poopsockers race to 50 with touching pvp as little as they can then argue for xp loss so they can keep that edge on the gear grind, which theyll never lose. So boring.

Again i might be completely wrong but i think thats what happened.