Rasip

I doubt the player base is only around 100. I often see more than that at any given time. Not everyone plays at the same time. I wouldn't be surprised if there were over 1000 active users. Even if there were only 100 that would still be about the same as any pay mmo.

Do they not have a starter trade route?

yes, that does help. the PICNIC error strikes again

this is the target. i have also tried installing to the default location. this is on my win7 64bit desktop. my 32bit vista laptop also doesn't get the new classes. "D:\games\Earth & Beyond\Character and Starship Creator\Character and Starship Creator.exe" -noclassrestrictions