No. None of us play siege, we all just like to post on the shard's forum. Ignore all the posts that *seem* like they are about the game, we are just pretending that we are buying and selling stuff and fighting each other
In all seriousness tho, yes, we play siege. As for the population, I cannot comment on its trends in the long term as I only started 7 or 8 months ago. But in my time, I have seen many leave and many come.