Recently they had to merge the servers together because some of the servers lacked players so this is a good thing I think.
Besides that it's still got it loyal players but it's not super popular like it was when it first came out.. Nexon has it's good moments then can take two steps back which frustrates alot of players.
I too have a priest but reaching 40 was bit of a pain for being a solo social player so I didn't really get back into it. I have tried Academic on cDN and might play again when it comes out but we'll see.
And yeah Cherrycredits has done a good job with DN compared to Nexon, but I think the nexon community is alot more picky compared to the SEA market.