I don't know who you are and don't know your in game name. You might be a veteran or a new player, maybe even one of my friend, but my point is simple:
YES you can make DF if you run in ghost for 2 hours. However , this is TOTALLY unfun. Yes it the the same time then people making the event, but they are playing, they are chatting, they have some action. I am sorry but if the only for us to make DF is running in ghost for 2 hour, i am outtie. And i am pretty sure many other player thing the same way. Walking 2 hour in ghost is not good gaming experience.
about this point
And population barely matters with war nowadays. I have been to a few wars and the amount of participants are small most of the time. That means even one person joining can make a difference. Nonetheless DF is still attainable.
Everytime i went to wars, it's either yllse or zypern. Vysus have weak player only, all the good one already migrated cause they want to get higher dual. Then entire nation can't kill Karvinen or klei and you expect that 1 player will fight a whole army? We have 2 thief in zypern, yllse has 10 that activly goes to wars. We have 1 priest in vysus, and he doesn't join quest. How are we supose to fight without buff and ress when they have SS'ed priest that keep ressing their team. NO, vysus can NOT fight.
Protip about people not joining: Balance town and people will join.