On Cerberus last year, I defended Bastok in campaign as it was overrun with Quadav. I also got us the Astral Candescence back, and no one was rushing out to get it either. This is not rare on smaller servers, and it's sad to see, but it's just the way it is. We still get things done, but maybe not at the rate of more active servers.
Now be productive and do research for the rest of us who can't accomplish it on more active servers.
What kind of research? When I got the Astral back it was the undead
Lamia fight. Nothing spectacular.