The site and game server are hosted on the same server,
So if the server turns off they both go down.
2nd Rb isn't out yet but it is under development.
Yes, The all rates are 4-5x Co rates, If not more. And on occasions GMs and PMs do events, Such as; Exp, Drops in towns,ExpMobs and rate changes(Mining, Drops lvlin etc).
When the Commands where around, It was basicly a large chat room, Chat+Pk is all there was to do seeing as you could just make all the stuff yourself.
And though sockets may be easy to get, They aren't as easy as you think >_> Without the commands you now have to use +1 mets/Dbs to get sockets. Or the old fashioned way of upping them with an NPC(Almost full 2 soc, And then almost full soc another 2x w00 w00)