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As for your question, yes, Rift is still very active. Just pick one of the most populated shards and you'll be set. I play on Wolfsbane, feel free to tag along.
http://www.riftgame.com/en/lite
The war between Guardians and Defiant isnt technically Over, with 1.10 they have allowed players to somewhat make their own choice as to which side they agree with, and if the politics is actually worth killing eachother over. Guardians and Defiants from day 1 have been segregated by politics alone. not by race or class or whatever. but by their views. Now players are able to choose an almost "Neutral" Stance on the matter and join cross faction guilds. where both guardians and defiant can work together. You still have the die hard defiant aswell as the die hard guardians fighting eachother, but now there is a whole new group of people that are in between. Allows for almost a 3 faction system, created solely by the playerbase
All in all I'd give Rift a 6\10 and GW2 a 8\10
No one asked about GW2
Guild Wars 2 is way too casual in PvE content. In PvP it might be better but it doesn't offfer a traditional MMO experience like Rift.
If you are strictly into pvp give GW2 a chance. Any other gamestyle(or combined) -> Rift. specially with the Xpack coming up.
I do have GW2, but only to play "on the side" of Rift
About activity:
You in US or EU. For EU the choise would be narrowed down to 2 servers(Icewatch, and to a lesser degree Blightweald), though I think the Xpack will deliver quite some extra traffic
Dont forget that GW2 is just out, and that population will be dropping(like any mmo). Rift is already more then 1.5 year out there, and with an Xpack coming up the population can only grow
Incorrect. The OP said his choice was between GW2 and Rift. Also that was not being a fanboy.
Anyway, I think they're both good games. I've played Rift off and on since around launch, and find it quite enjoyable. The devs seem to do many things right, and push out content very quickly. They also interact with the community which is nice. GW2 is also a good option however, a big plus being no monthly fees if that could be an issue.