I would totally give Anarchy another try (used to play way back when, before Shadowlands and Notum Wars came out), if I had some kind of confirmation that the population was thriving or at least on the rise.

I really don't feel like investing money in a dying game. And I know there's a free version, but I asked around and you really cant compete in the free version with the people that own the expansions... not to mention I'm sure the expansion content comes with it's own fun and benefits.

Eh... I'll give the free version a try. It'll be interesting to see how my laptop handles it. It was one of those MMORPG's I ALWAYS went back to.