Before the Mega server. I used to see a lot of rpers rping in the wilderness. (outside of cities). I thought the constant split of RPers in shards was what made everyone quit before they started to hide in Guildhalls to stick together. As an RPer, I can say with experience it feels like complete isolation now. It's weird for Anet, because rpers are the whales of the game, they're the ones who buy a lot of cosmetics for their characters and emotes. Miss of opportunity and priority imo. At least Warp can still help a few rpers, but new rpers wouldn't know about it.