I think the point this Thread made wasn't about whether 'drama' was needed or not. Just saying. I've not noticed a change personally. As Dani just pointed out, everybody is still here per say. Some are less active because they are away or busy or whatever (May just need breaks, or have their own personal reason) Especially the Staff Members, as they are very busy. So it's not quiet, people are just getting use to the change is all (As Master Vergil pointed out earlier).
'Drama' is needed in a very small dosage. But until further information about DmC is released, this place is going to be less active, that much is probably obvious. So obviously the fewer discussions there are, then the fewer posts there'll be. People aren't going to want to keep posting so much in the same Thread over and over again, they'd like a little diversity. What would be the point in having just three main Threads or something like that? Clearly things would just stay quiet. Since nothing new has happened thus far within the DmC/DMC World, apart from confirmation of a 'Reboot', we're all just sitting and waiting until there is something new to talk about (Same with most things in life, discussion wise) The good old waiting game. So far I'd say, generally speaking, that most things about the previous games have been discussed already. The main sections of the Boards at the moment I'd say are the General Discussion and General Gaming Discussion Sections, as well as the Fan Fic Section.
Don't think this place as quiet now, or a graveyard. It isn't dead. All your friendly regulars are still around. But we're all just waiting for new things to talk about. It's early days since the change. Give it time and people would of gotten use to it, and then things probably won't seem as quiet any more.