It actually felt worse than that picture suggests. The overlap from the tier above boxes you right in so you do not feel as if you are in a big, full stadium at all. It feels like you're peering in through a small letterbox.
We were lucky that our end wasn't full last season so we moved forward...
100% won't.
The threshold is set so that everyone in the first tier can get a ticket if they want one. Not every one will. Every single game has gone to a second tier at least.