It is undeniable right now that CCNet's playerbase is shrinking, as is the number of incoming players. Furthermore, it is extremely difficult to get those players to stay as most quit within minutes of joining and sometimes don't even join a town. These circumstances lead to an environment where towns are starving for residents and making it almost impossible to get more claims without either recruiting from inside CCNet (which is very difficult) or no-lifing to recruit off other servers that is unsustainable for people with real-life responsibilities.

I'm not really sure how to solve this problem but there needs to be a way to obtain more claims as a town that aren't just residents.