I remember reading an unauthorized book review of the first few chapters of the first draft of of the 7th Harry Potter book. The reviewer said it was bad, and the pages didn't turn right, and the story was a rehash of all the books before it.
I'm pretty glad I didn't buy it!
Seriously though, the game is in closed beta. It's not at all surprising the majority of the invited player base isn't interested in playing an incomplete game.
It could be worse, it could be like
AOC. Or Darkfall, lawl.