How hard is it finding a good battle?

[Glaynor]

I stopped playing Planetside about two months ago because the repetitive battles became very boring. Well, last week I decided to give it a go and play again. This time I figured I'd make a TR character instead of using my NC, just for another change of pace.

Well, after logging on I spent most of my time looking for a decent battle since hot spots apparently are not being used any more. This happened most of the time over the next few days. I only found about two big battles.

When I used the "available slots" listing on the continents I discovered a zerg, either friendly or enemy. Still no good battle.

Is there any way to find a decent sized battle? Are they happening any more like they used to in beta and when the game was first released? I don't want to spend most of my time wandering around continents just looking for a fight. What's going on?