Been playing since beta and there is a steady influx of new people. Currently there a3 or 4 guilds actively playing and some parties are happening(so far I've seen AL3,Bio2,Nifl and some magma). You can find people to play with on discord or via main chat, might take minute tho. GMs are reactive in a reasonable timeframe and are available on discord if they're not available ingame almost all of the time. Ping is decent even if you're not in Europe. Cashhop is cosmetics only.