If there's ever 20 people or so still playing the game and interested in organizing PvP stuff to avoid these depressing minis 24/7 i'd probably log more than twice a month. PvP is also community based. There are lots of tools to create fun and challenging PvP encounters with various rule set and still possibly rewarding XP and token wise...
Same amount of players but with the same naïve enthousiasme as in 2008... and i wouldn't even bother thinking about what funcom can do, i'd be having fun on the plateforme regardless.
What's the point having population when you treat people you meet like mobs? ...