I took a several month hiatus after reaching V2, and went on a long trip across the USA. Still getting accustomed to the new changes and skill resets of my characters. It seems a lot of other have taken a hiatus as well as most of my guildies haven't logged on in at least a month.
There is obviously a lot of new Veteran content which I haven't particularly started partaking yet.
But the world is pretty empty in the Veteran Zones. Lots of people still in starter areas.
So a few other people are back in town chatting about how they re-subscribed as well. The ones that did mentioned that they like PVE so much better now than before, but they can't quite put a handle on why. My personal guess is that a lot of bugs have been fixed.
I'm enjoying my PVE time as well. Not back into PVP just yet, probably when the next cycle starts. But it was nice to know that I got a bunch of CASH for participating in the first 90 day cycle. Over $30000, which I promptly used to pay for a nimble mount.
Now to organize all the crap I have in bank / guild bank... I really don't know how regular players manage.
