"Significant portion"? Try the majority. You've even admitted that those who cared are gone by now. You should note that I'm not saying quests are bad, I'm saying that they are not an integral part of gameplay as proven by Graal's population throughout our history.
How are the original/older Graal quests not "the old days of questing"? And even if it wasn't (but it is) that doesn't change the fact that yet another quest based server was left rotting away.
Curious, but when did you even start playing Graal?