Learn to appreciate, your time should be spent in a video game to have FUN, every content is working at Outland, if you don't have friends or a Guild, then get one.
Only the population stops the realm from growing, Neltharion had no fixes. I don't talk about it as how you point it out.
You guys should stick together, make more community based events, things what you would do, if you wouldn't be in the comfort zone, bored and chilled.
You limiting your own options, while we used a lot.
Rates can be changed at this realm to get extra population at any time, but it means nothing, if the mentality won't change.