Steam charts says that on average there are 7000 people playing . When new content comes out it ' s around 15000 . Mainly you just have to follow typical advise for areas andor be happy with the unpredictable smattering of people that are everywhere at 120 and above . For my own testimonial to you I get more out of the game by ignoring the 120 meta and just staying at SL 60 ish with a 4 5 . Keep a character just for this and then use a different one when I want to be further than Pontiffish for PvPOh . That and play on the weekend because the fact of life being that kids and people who work are then playing again . Oh again . This should apply just as well for summoning as it does for invasions which is what I was writing with the my frame of mind . I will say that there is an odd disconnect from how many people there actually are to how many summon signs you see . It ' s not as dead as it seems though they just aren ' t putting signs down .