[protagonist]

I don't know how you plan to keep the 2k1 "feel", Koni, if you effectively force roleplaying. Forcing people who don't want to roleplay to roleplay, or demanding that they conform to some roleplaying standard, isn't an enticing prospect. If people are bad at roleplaying, they will probably be ridiculed into being better at it, or just not bother and go play the quests/jobs/minigames.

I think you're deviating too far from the 2k1 idea. The mechanics of the server are not and were not broken. Bring back the old HP and old bodies, update the graphics if you like, but don't change the core mechanics. Let the players decide when and how to roleplay. Put in the bomy<->human system, but make it difficult to change back and forth (players must pay a substantial fee, bring some items, and so on). People haven't been calling for 2k1 to be changed, they've been calling for it to be revived. Some adjustments are needed, but the server doesn't have to be rebuilt. If you change it too much people just won't stay. You won't have a base community of regulars which used to frequent the old 2k1, and with no base community, there will be nothing to keep people playing. Players value playercounts, and you'll need a solid, steady one to keep people playing.