Assuming they don ' t cop out on the PvE server and decide not to release it , I reckon it will be just fine given time . There are a lot of factors in play here , among others We will be the only PvE option out there . We will have an influx of players from Elysium PvP . There will be a lot of people who think they know what they ' re getting in to , but is about to land on the wrong side of the weeks long gank fest that is surely to come . Nostalrius Begins had an awesome community , and a lot of the top guilds will be returning with closetofull rosters . A good raiding environment attracts new players , and pretty much every guild will make sure that new people will feel welcome . The toxicity that is present on PvP servers will definitely push some people away . Likely not all PvP servers are toxic , but I seem to mostly observe toxicity when playing on those . We only need ~ 1 k population for it to feel alright . ~ 2 k was perfect back then . Even if we only have ~ 500 people on launch , the above points will soon rectify that .