I know many Midgard players are frustrated that your realm is almost always underpopulated, but I honestly think you can look no further than your own realm for the reasons of this; Of all the realms it's Midgard that seem to want to break off into small man and 8 man groups, your fragmented small man and 8 man groups stand about as much chance against The Albion and Hibernian zergs as a trailer park in the path of an F5 tornado and let's be honest, Albion and Hibernia zerg more. I honestly don't know what can be done, I wish I did, I think Midgard has some of the better classes in the game, which is why I believe it's the small man/8 man groups that's causing Midgard's decline; For example the thane ( to my knowledge) is the only class in the game that can fill the roll as a chain wearing melee combatant and also the roll as a heavy damage caster. In the old Dark Age forums I seen many refer to thanes as chain wearing wizards.