in that case, i got 2 suggestions, first a question is there a quick link ingame to external forum???(this forum) in tw1 there is a faster way to external maybe you should get one here^^ secondly there is way too few peoples here why dont you send out mail to try and drag peoples to external, there is also tons of new players too tw2 you would gain lots by making a video about best way to start up a village.
i was moderator for guild wars 2 also in the strongest pvp/RvR guild red guard, we made tons of videos posting in forum litterly Creating the GvG scene, tbh gw2 and tw2 is pretty hugh difference but i think you would gain a lot by promoting quality, asking top players to make videos on how they play to teach newbies.
tw1 didnt do that and they lost a lot of players rage quitting because they always do it wrong.
a game with a weak playerbase never survive for long.