If you are talking about Graal itself as a whole, being patient is (probably) not the most reliable option. Graal PC has been steadily going downhill for the past 10 years, and the main highlight, regarding its player count, is the iPhone servers. In a sense, iClassic has already reached its potential back in October 2010, when it had 1900 online for a few weeks. Its flat lined at its max being around 1300 now, and its probably not going to get any more players since the app has been out for over 2 years and the inevitable addition of more iPhone servers (zone, kingdoms, etc.) Will only lower iClassics player count. But the iPhone servers as a whole are doing fine, iEras population is still growing over a year after its been out, and the two combined already have a player base of 3K - 4K like the OP was complaining about.