I don't think you took the time to really review N-Pulse's current state. It seems as though the review you did was based on the post Tier Daal/N-Pulse merger era. N-Pulse has moved away from that time a long time ago.
That time N-Pulse was known as N-Pulse: Era of Darkness. It had that awkward storyline "Darkness has lost in the struggle for control, now the world seeks a true hero." You know the one people always asked why it needed a hero if evil is gone.
It's still on the server description, but the start message said that the playerworld is now geared towards entertainment.
Storyline should get default 7.5 since there is none.
There are some interesting npc's and it seems a lot is being worked on by Sage Chaozu and Zega.
There's not really a lot of staff. There are a lot of Events members, but N-Pulse lacks in other areas.
Some of the newer quests are quite nice, but I still don't like the older ones that were quite annoying with avoid the invisible warps or carry the pots to the door quests.
I know my grammar and spelling sucks, but Gen if you took your time it would be easier for me to comment on the stuff I don't understand in your posts.
