I indeed have noticed the slight decrease in players.
After returning from a long time away from feralheart, i had been quite sad. But now i have a bit of a different view.
Most of the decrease in players most likely comes from the new login system. Some players probably didn't care/didn't feel like checking the forum to see what the issue whith connecting was, so they left the game. I'm not blaming returning players for needing help logging in though (i only knew how to login since i had been "stalking" the forum for quite awhile)
Like many other people have said, the end of the year is coming up, as well, bringing with it final exams/tests for most players. These players will need to spend more time studying so they can get good grades/move on to th next grade. As a result they will have less time for Feralheart.
Sorry if theres a spelling mistake or two, i typed this on a mobile device and my fingers are too big to type properly.