was it over the summer? the game was weirdly dead in the water from like may up until recently so that might've had something to do with it.

fwiw i think people are raving about the caedra thing because everyone wants their character to be the hero. i remember back when caedra first joined and did the big player plot, it got mobbed by the tolkein elves and some other people and it turned into a huge pissing contest. so yeah, the caedra stuff gets popular, but 90% of what people end up doing with it is boring and circlejerky.

still sucks tho, anon. i feel your pain.