Invasion and Hardcore

Is it just me or has anyone else noticed both these leagues are quiet empty lately? i can barely find a public party for anything... are these leagues dying due to frustration of dying to invasion mobs/lag/crashes?

The majority of players when it comes to single life characters will be in the new league, since well it's new, it's exciting or something to that effect.

Now speaking about invasion specifically, it was stated to be the most challenging hc experience yet, so naturally as you reach the higher levels of invasion there will become less and less players at the top, as Invasion has taken out characters that don't meet the bill to survive the league.

This in turn will create less parties to join, since well it's the hardest hc league we have had so far, and it's certainly showing that degree of challenge among top names that have been taken out a few times, as well as many other players. I don't think this is strange and I don't believe it has any relevance to lag or crashes.