If you want a high player count you want to attract players who actually playing the game (tdm, cws) and not the 10% of players who quest/play events (its a higher % here since balance is shit). balance is so shit here that people just go play the other server which is less pay2win and way more balanced.
So yea dont concentrate on events/quest and these dumbass [r] [ia] mods since they are only attract around 10% of the player base (again higher % in this server since balance is shit). focus on balance and maybe ull get more players
People saying that its cause gunz is dying but the other big server has been increasing in players ever since it's re-release a couple years ago.