I'l be honest,
i've read page one and some of page three, and and all i can see is both isguros and gengar dancing around the truth.
i agree with gengar on all of the point, but. and it's a huge one.
to say that the server is inactive is an understatment, and while such a suggestion is frankly laughable there might be no choice but implament it.
i'm an old player and by old i mean around 2009 old, and even for me it wont be easy to find a fellow to trade with.
back in our day, you could just go to union and press trade on someone,
nowdays first you have to make sure you arent the only one online, than pray someone you know is on, and if not, start asking random people to do you a favor.
and in my case it might be doable , but what about the people that are new/don't know english/play in timezones that they are the only 1-2 in-game ?
i hope you guys took all of that into consideration, npcs can always be removed, but sometimes adjustments have to be made to keep the game playable.