[BloodyButcher]

Originally Posted by booji

I have always thought the biggest influence of greater numbers is on the other side. Not only does more players make it more competitive at the top but probably much more importantly makes it less competitive at the bottom. Because there used to be so many more unaligned, and not particularly active players there used to be far less gal raiding per player. It used to be possible to play casually and only worry about being raided once a week, these days most will be lucky to be raided less than three times a week making the game far more stressful and as a result the casual players either have to get hardcore or leave.

This is very true.
The pace of the game feels way higher now, than ever before.