the biggest part of the online population are bots. however, you'll find enough other players on your level to party with, too. the gameplay is awesome and quite unique. never found another mmorpg with such a great gameplay, i just love this knockback-system, makes the whole fights more dynamic and interesting. the economy is a bit messed up. price for argates go up and down, currently copper argates are worth 2,5m instead of 1m. This price will drop soon, tho. It's also quite easy to make money in this game. This works well with reselling for example, if you have some capital. even if you find one argate as a low lvl, which isnt sth untypical, you'll have enough money for your next lvls since upgrading your stuff isn't really needed in the beginning. putting some cheap mid gems in your armors/weapons will work fine and is really cheap.