About a year ago I moved to asura after a very lengthy break. I don't know how lengthy but my last event I was part of a bard zerg rotation....so a long time ago. When I came back from this break on my previous server I wanted to go after idris and started coalitions straight away. And six months later I still needed plasm because I could never get anyone else to do delve. So I made a three box mule (along with my already in pocket 2 box mule) to be able to enter. Then when it came time to make idris there were never enough skirmish stones on ah. So instead of taking a month to buy them I had to farm them. It was a ridiculous experience.
Then I moved to asura and have been able to do a ton of stuff through shout in addition to finding multiple linkshells. There is a learning curve on who to not join in ambjscade shouts. And there is an acquired skill in ignoring non relevant shouts. But because of crafting shields the price of hqs is low and the only downside is congestion at ambu and cp camps. And to be honest it is piss easy to outpull most groups if you have a hint of collibri training from the old days.
Since I server swapped some of my friends have come back to the old server. But I just can't go back to not having the option of getting stuff done unless every person I know is online and in the mood. Now if you have connections on a non populated server it may be a different story. But if you don't stop trying to swim against the current.