Learn to setup you radios properly. Key word radios, meaning two.
This is how the game operated with 800 people online. In my opinion it makes the game appear more active. Id be glad to help you configure your settings if you see me online.
I will partially agree with your wish my by saying it would be nice for HT to make subcategories of system messages. Right now if you disable them, you lose base take info, objects destroyed info, and the kill buffer. While i prefer to have all the info, and my radios are setup properly, i can see how it might be hard for some people to keep up.