People are interchanging the word need with convenience too much. You don't need a rez channel, you don't need a port channel, or a lfg channel, or any other channel. They make life easier, but a server would operate fine without one. Being able to auction globally is a convenience, not a need.
Whenever I speak of EC tunnel, I only do so because that's where the bazaar was on my server. I know it was Freeport of even Greater Faydark on others. The fact is that if global channels are removed, somewhere will become the trader center, wherever that may be.
We may not have the population of a live server at its peak, but we definitely have a strong population that is continually growing. I think that this is curbed by the fact that we all know what we're doing now. Population isn't the reason why there is not 15 people leveling on Kerra Isle, it's because Kerra Isle sucks. There are only 3-4 spots people actually go per level range because we know they're the best spots. They were the same 3-4 spots that were used when the server had 150 people, the same spots used now that we have 750 people, and will be the same spots used when we have 1200 people.
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