Player Base is small ? I agree
Advertising to get more People into the game ? NOP it wont work!
With the launch of Perpetuum there was a huge attention phase where thousands of People checked it out. They DID NOT stay, so what make the TE think it will be different if a second huge wave of new Player enters Perpetuum in its current state ?
Best Devs can do is vieving PE as payed Beta status and imho they should focus on carebear stuff. The wolves can not survive if there arn't enough sheeps. The carebears are the most important rig in the food chain and they will create the player market in order to get their blingbling +5 Mecs.
Advert for Perpetuum in its current state is futile. Create a safe and lucrative enviroment for the carebear BASE, make it fun to stay here without going to beta ever, and leave the beta islands for the epeen Gamers.
We need all kind of players or the sandbox can not work.