It's a number of things, but ZEM seems to play a part. More than that though, it's the lack of zone crowding. On blue, there used to be semi-regular groups in Sol A, Dalnir, Kaesora, hell, even Plane of Hate at one p oint. Granted, that was pre-Velious but still. With less real estate to work with, players had to work around one another while trying to get xp wherever possible. Having all classic expansions available, not to mention the addition of another PVE server (+Quarm) more of the player base is spread out.
When the Hole received its ZEM boost, KC stopped being the default go-to spot for PUGs and since the Hole could support more players, groups could be had from top to bottom. There are other large, underused zones that would benefit from similar treatment. Skyfire, Skyshrine, Plane of Growth, etc.
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