Glad you got a chance to log in and check it out.

Yes, there are many house spots open. The server is very new (about 5 weeks) so it's not going to be filled up yet. There are a few "prime" locations available, but the Yew Moongate doesn't appear to be a big hotspot here, the Britain Moongate area however is very full. I think a few players got some nice vendor spots then moved on to trying to get large houses in desirable locations. Or just chose to locate their guild areas someplace else like the Orcs did when they left the Orc Fort and moved to their "traditional" home in the Trinsic Jungle.

Your best bet for finding players will be in dungeons and in towns training or fighting faction battles. There are a lot of players that are still concentrating on skilling up and most seem to prefer to do that in their houses or in town, even with the dungeon skill gain bonus for combat skills. We do see more pvp and action almost daily, and have had a recent influx of players over the last two weeks or so. I suspect that as the population continues to grow we will see even more activity outside of town in dungeons and farming hotspots.

And yes, we did do some "handouts" of candy and Easter Eggs, a little different than the neon flavor-of-the-month colored clothing that Hybrid tends to hand out regularly