add rares, raise the prices of gear/items. Add player owned shops to the ge like it used to be a long time ago, can't remember exactly what battle-scape it was in either bs1 or 2 but that worked the best where you actually had the GE and all you had to do was search a item and the players named showed up and how many they had, kinda like the 742 but add the GE not just 1-4 people, like the whole GE. besides that, I know rares where a big thing back with the old battle-scapes with the whole staking thing, people staking purple phats, I know I used to do it. tons of people did it. it may help just to add rares, only thing to do is try.