[BlKnight]

There aren't 8 players. there are plenty enough players to hold good battles. Even more by the time that Graal Kingdoms is up.
Besides, what epic battles woudl there be with npc's fighting? NPC's can't rp if you remember. It would be more like football teams.

Player 1: Hey Player 2, you hear the news? our npcs beat the Zormite npcs last night.

I think if 2k2 isn't filled out nicely by the official release than maybe some sort of special one time offer is due, maybe a 2k2 only accoutn really cheap just to attract more players. I am sure Stefan would still make some money off of that.