"fix it before it gets worse"

Very well, we shall limit the number of players to 200. Better?

On a slightly more helpful note, as many of you have figured out, the exp of a
monster drops if it is killed more often. While it is true that a larger
number of active players will kill more monsters, keep two things in mind.
One, we're talking active players. Adding 200 merchants to the game won't
affect exp tune much, while a small number of really active players can have
significant effect. Two, monsters only repop so fast. Four hundred, six
hundred, even a thousand mortals can only kill the monsters that actually
exist, then have to wait for others. The easy-access areas are already cleaned
out as fast as they repop, and adding more players won't change that.

Shinarae Lluminus

Or you could find about the new areas (more recent than 6 years) to
compensate.
There just isn't enough smurfs for everyone

If I had all the money I'd spent on drink, I'd spend it on drink.
-- Sir Henry Rawlinson