Is progression dead?Follow

Got a nice group in GE last night and started talking about the progression servers. One of the guys in my group stated that he felt that Progression was truly dead. There were usually 120 traders up and 50-60 people in POK during peak hours...

Therefore, if this is true then what avenues does Sony have from here?

1.) Server merge both progression servers?

2.) Allow character transfers?

3.) (insert options here)

I don't really care either way what SOE does. I am just curious. I tried out the Combine awhile back with a Necro but quickly realized that I didn't have the time to start over and keep up with the wave. And if you just wanted to do your own thing, I found there were very few casual players...