Yeah I tend to agree mmo launches are shit no matter what. So usually just have to wait it out.
That being said though level 16-20 versus 2 weeks from now with level 50 is a huge difference just food for thought.
But remember with popular servers comes better open word pvp. More people more killing.
Probably why a lot of people aren't leaving. They want to be on the populated server which I tend to agree with.
So yeah it's all relative and nothing I have said here is actually helpful answers. Haha.