Just thought I would pop in and say I think Jamie has done a great job with the server. It's not perfect, and obviously there have been a few questionable decisions, but it's by far the best server I have played on.
I do have three suggestions though that might help the player count.
1. Get Sabuk Wall in game, and give people a reason to own it. I miss those weekly SW fights.
2. Next time, maybe release two new caves at once. One high XP, low drop for leveling. Another low XP high drop for items and bosses. Could have done this with yims, but instead it just seems like there is no point going to RC when yims is better for both.
3. Make low level bosses more relevant (and more difficult). When the entire focus of the game is on one cave, it does just feel a bit disheartening being bullied out of it all the time.