With server populations looking a little lighter than normal in recent weeks, some industry watchers are speculating that Bioware's The Old Republic is already losing subscribers just four months after its launch, sparking a vibrant debate in our forums. But in a recent interview with PC Gamer, Bioware lead writer Daniel Erickson said the game's subscription numbers are not dropping despite the somewhat emptier servers.

While subscriber numbers haven't dropped, Erickson admitted that the game is showing lower levels of concurrent users at peak times. He said the development team is looking into "anything and everything" to get those server population numbers up, including potential server mergers at some point in the future. "Nothing is off the table when it comes to making sure our communities are strong and active on each server," he said.

The team will be focusing on adding more variety to daily quests, and creating more memorable, unique one-off events like the currently running Rakghoul plague outbreak to keep players coming back regularly, Erickson said. As for criticism that the company has been slow to produce additional post-launch content for end-game players, Erickson noted that the game's fully voiced storylines take a bit longer to put together than new quests for other MMOs, but said the team is "getting sprier all the time" on that score.