I gave it a good try.

[zelld52]

Grouping is dead on p99, as the way it was for years. I was lucky enough to play on Green before Velious release, and groups were abundant. You could get invites to groups in classic zones like SolA, Najena, Highpass, Guk, Lower Guk, Cazic Thule, Splitpaw, Sol B, the Hole.... now all empty except for soloers.

But as others have stated, by now these time-locked servers are so top-heavy, that new players or new characters starting from scratch are pretty rare. Much more common is the player who achieved 60, got raid gear, and is now rolling a twink alt because they've always wanted to play XX class.

I have several toons, and have similar experiences to you on my mid-level toons. Put LFG up on a level 30 cleric for a whole weekend while running around/ afk / questing, without a single tell asking me to join a grp. In between afks, I sent tells, /who all LFG returned 0 results many times. Sent tells to others, and either people were solo, or there was exactly 1 group in level range that was full... or I would travel to the populated zone, and find a group just in time for them to disband.

I have been playing for a little over 2 years now, but can see the trend. The only thing left to do for most people is to continue raiding to gear their mains for ????? or continue socking plat camps for ???? or continue rolling alts for ??????

p99 in 2023 is not a great place. p99 Green from 2019 - 2022 was, however. Keep your eyes out for a new server. BG3 is fun, too.