Bob dole had a thought. What if there was two worlds, a world that lasts a year, and a world that is eternal.
Essentially, the world that lasts 1 year has it's characters dumped into the eternal world when it's life cycle ends. I feel like there is two different types of players, players who want a fresh start, and players who want a world to never reset. Path of exile does this to great effect with 4 month worlds, and both worlds have a equal community
You may think that this will split the already small community, but it's two non overlapping niches.
I brought up a similar idea before, but I thought now would be a good time to bring it back.