If you multiply Grimdal's population by 10, you wouldn't even have Artemis's population. Clearly there has to be a merge.
The problem with that is, as per a GMs explanation, the tech to merge is unavailable to Frogster. Runewaker is trying to sell it to them, however it is too costly and pointless for the few that are left.
As many BLATANTLY stated and flamed about in the forums and ingame to GMs, if they didnt do it, if they didnt listen to players back then (months ago), pvp and the rest of the game would go past the point of no return, namely, the point where population is so low and economy is so jacked that there is literally nothing to do short of giving everyone thousands of diamonds and offering huge rewards for players to return. I am just now starting to see PVE'ers complain about population on top of inflation, and you know what? sounds EXACTLY like grimdal, a year ago or so.
I am one of the last endgame healers on Grimdal. That narrows it down to what.. 2, 3 people? Everyone is leaving, and I dont care how many people come online or sit afk in guild chat, that is not the same as playing or doing something. No, minigames, dailies, farming anything less than gc em does not count as being productive xD
We can all hope and wish for a save, but there is pretty much absolutely NOTHING that can be done at this point. It seems clear to me that Frogster has already condemned themselves to that and as such are only doing what few things they can to keep the server online for as long as possible. About 4 months ago I gave Grimdal til the end of summer, if not til the end of 2012. I will be surprised if it outlasts that, but will probably still be hanging around to have fun and mess around. It is very sad and unfortunate, but what can we do?