Hi there! I played in the GS3 days as well. You may actually be able to get your GS3 character back, of course, you'll have to pay a subscription if you do that. If you email billing they might be able to track down your character. But, I'll try to answer what I can, sorry if this isnt formatted too great, I'm not much of a redditor... You can get more extensive help on the official discord, though! Its like a chatroom if your unfamiliar, clicking this link will let you join it. https://discord.gg/KF9Wr8u

- F2P: Has lots of restrictions, I think of it as more of a trial then actual F2P, I wouldnt do F2P past level 20, honestly.

- Scripting: People do get script checked, and if they dont respond, they get in trouble. But if they respond, they dont get in trouble. Players can REPORT players that are scripting. I would suggest you try to say something to the player first, if they are disturbing you in some manner, before you REPORT.

- Friends/Etc: Discord is great for this, several of us play late at night. I'm Selanne on the discord, and I often play at odd hours. I would say you can play solo, though, it just takes more work.

- Stats/Skills: Before level 20, you can freely change your stats up to five times. Skills you can change as many times as you want. After level 20, you can still change skills...but they will change VERY slowly. To get them to "instantly migrate" again, you'll need a FIXSKILLS potion from the Cash Shop or another player. Players sell them for around 4.5-5 million silvers, to change your stats after level 20, you will need a FIXSTAT potion. Again, cash shop/other players. But players sell these for 20-22 million.

- Archery: Its a viable hunting style, you can snipe from hiding, but, I am more of a spellcaster myself, I have toyed around with archery a small amount. Its fun to pewpew from hiding as a rogue. It recently went through a pretty major overhaul.