The game is dying I think.

Server 02 will be full during the American Peak hours but other than that it will only have one and a half stars full at most.

I'm sure the population will decline even further once the event is done with unless Sega has something planned to deal with that.

As another user has stated, the game does resemble the demo just with less population than I remember from my demo days.
I found it amusing at first for nostalgia's sake but now it's just cancer to me.

I still enjoy the game though, I have a good few contacts that I can play with who are fun and enjoyable to run with.

The game is still alright if you can find good people to play with but it does feel like it is dying.