Speaking as a festian of the past who still plays on occasion, I can understand why so few remain. Once the challenges of the game are overcome, there's not much left to do here. That, or some challenges are just too daunting to go on trying.
That was me. I fizzled out of playing because Hell looked so hopeless, I gave up and disappeared.
But as you can see, I'm back now... somewhat. I don't play every day, and I don't have a particular objective. I go into hell every now and again, but mostly I'm just hoping to collect more Coeff 5 and 6 items.
That's the reason I'm still here. I want to know why YOU are here! Certainly there are some new players in the past 3 years, people from the French or Spanish server, relics of the bygone era, etc. If you're around, let me know why! What do you hope to accomplish? Where are you in your goals? How often do you play? Or anything else you want to tell me about you and Hammerfest!

