I dont know whether this would count as an imporvement or fix but I do know even though it's been said for some reason the hunts and whatever are bugged but at this point it is sorta like most other servers are running it fine and hunts and competitions like that for various rewards would bring back some activity for the server.
I'm unsure how you would fix it but at this point facts are. Others have, and that activity is treading downward, and if that leads to a restart where the people who are hunting stuff lose everything, that leads to a permanent loss of those players.
Theres a lot that could help the server and I think the Hunts are priority to give people something to do, events or something. The main problem seems to be that everyone is inactive because unless you're hunting shinys with combos theres not much to do.
{ I don't want to come off as rushing , but its just something I've noticed as the server activity has been dipping steadily [including that of the mod team which happens, its natural but some of it is in part because the server doesn't offer anything engaging beyond seasonal events and a limited amount of what the pixelmon mod offers to begin with ] , and I'm not sure about others but after shiny hunting a couple legendaries by this point, I would prefer the server to not fully die and need to restart }