I played WL on Aries a few years ago and had a lot of friends online but then got wayyy too addicted to the game so I went cold turkey and quit. I played with my sister and cousin (real life) too, but they fell behind because they didn't want to go on as often as I did. A couple years down (now) the three of us who know each other in real life restarted on a less populated server (Gemini) and we are trying to see how far we get without buying a single IM point (so pretty much bursting is off the table), and without bothering anyone else for help outside the 3 of us. It's a slow way to play the game, but we are actually enjoying it and seeing how much we can avoid this ridiculous Pay-to-win phenomenon.

Basically to answer your question Angel, if even one of us quit WL, the other 2 would also. So no, if my friends stopped playing, I would not keep playing. We are a team yo :P