[Lazortag]

Here are some suggestions for things the devs can do, and things the players can do:

The devs:

-Implement a significant temporary exp bonus, and advertise it well in advance (so that inactive players have time to learn about the bonus). It can't just be a 50% bonus, it has to be enough to encourage people to come back, and to make people think that others are going to come back. There are probably 100+ people who don't log in because of "low population". Most of these players are okay with current exp rates but play group-dependent classes, and find it impossible to level under the current system (without exploits). The irony is that if these people logged in, the population wouldn't be low. If they think something is going to make other players come back, then they will come back.
The bonus should also be temporary (or at least some of it should be - like if you implement 3x experience and then revert it back to 1.5x, that's okay) because otherwise anyone who leveled under old exp rates ends up wasting a lot of their time. Most of these players have a gear advantage already so it's not that bad, but still they shouldn't regret having leveled up earlier on.
There also shouldn't be too much of an exp bonus, otherwise players who've been banned have a much easier time re-leveling, and punishments become meaningless (this is also a reason why it should be temporary). Also there should be some semblance of mid-level pvp and you don't get that when exp is boosted too much.

The players:

-Try and act like civil human beings on the forums. These forums are one of the only ways for the community to interact with each other and the staff, and for new players to get to know the community and learn about the server. Currently players are very put off by all the negativity, gore/porn spam, bigotry, and other stupidities that are unique to the red playerbase. Having people who don't even play anymore spam the forums with copy/pastes of the low population numbers is bad for the server, and the people who do it should grow up and shut up. Anyone can copy/paste the population at 4 in the morning, no one's impressed.

-Stop spamming advertisements for other servers. Face it, none of those other servers are going to last. They're riddled with bugs and exploits that p99 fixed years ago, and red99 fixed before beta was even launched. These are just temporary fixes for you guys, not a serious server you can be invested in for the long term. If you play on "Legacy of Zek" you're just going to end up wasting your time.

I'll add more when I think of stuff to add.