Quite honestly, I think events are the worst times for newer players to join. They join hoping to hunt some cool new item only to be greeted by locked rooms. Even now lol, if I was a new player joining and I saw the topic "IS ULTIMA PERISHING?" I'd have my doubts about this server.(Also it doesn't help that you can see the low player count from this forum)
I don't wanna echo comments, but let's all be real here.... most regular players here would rather not play with randoms in their games, especially if their hunting event items, they'd do it solo or with a team. I can't imagine most new players are actually hunting or accomplishing anything in events anyways, since most can't and then they leave.