[-Ramirez-]

Here's the problem, plain and simple. The current garbage scripts that're on the server make it difficult or impossible to re-add the old quests. The old quests WERE what made the server what it was in the past. Sure, the higher player count was a factor as well, but I would frequently be on late at night completely alone, or almost alone, still having fun with the quests that I had done 23094239 times and never got tired of.

Redoing the system scripts in an intelligent manner is the only thing that's going to put the server into a state where things can be done in an even remotely quick and easy way. This is what was going on 5 years ago when I was working on the server, but the current intelligent manager threw all that away and led the server into the wasteland it is today. Isn't he great?

As has been said, essentially starting over on the core of the server is going to make things worse at first, but it's a necessary step for recovery.