Subscription server is dead pretty much, but there are a few still hanging on to it I guess. F2P server doesn't have a good population either, but it's decent and at least skirmishes etc. will pop, which they usually don't on the subscription server.
I guess most of the players you will encounter, especially at max level, will be old veterans. That applies to both sub and FP2 server probably.
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