I started up on Divinity, got a 7x mage and a 7x dexxer finished. Almost finished my thief... got my crafts going... bought a small brick... then came to the realization that the shard was almost dead. I could macro in my house for hours, on a normally very trafficked spot, without someone meteor swarming me to death.
What fun is that!?!?!?

Not that there weren't -some- people on. There was just little interaction within the community.
The guys running the shard were absent. Div felt abandoned with Hybrid (ICK) being the main focus.
In general, felt the community was very juvenile and lacked... something... I can't really explain it well but:
...Probably best explained as a sort of "brotherhood" between players. Yes we compete, yes we pvp, yes we fight, yes we gank, but all in good fun and for the greater experience of all.
That is the only way I see t2a working out with 300-400 players at peak. And Div, while hitting some of those marks when I first played, does not seem to be that strong nowadays.
To sum this up... do you guys interact with each other in game often? Does the community feel strong, responsive, and willing to compete with/against you. Do crafters actually sell goods and are thieves trying to lighten your purse everywhere. Is this, though scaled down obviously, close to the T2A world I miss so much?
I apologize for the length of my post but before working up a few more 7x gm characters I really am interested in the input from all of you, the community!
Thank you all in advance!