First of all, i'd like to say hello

I've been looking for a new mmorpg, i'm currently subscribed to WoW, but would like to switch. I've played almost every free MMO on the market, and many pay to play ones, and of them, Wurm was definatley one of my favorite, and searching through games i came across some videos of this on youtube. It looks AMAZING. I have a couple questions,

1. How steep is the starting curve? I.E How long from when i start to where i can have a small house and a decent source of food and such, if i was alone.

2. How populated is the game? I like having neighbors in close distance, but i don't like it being similar to a suburb, lol. Neighbors within a ten minute walk in Wurm were perfect.

3. Is there any POSSIBLE way for me to try this game? I'm extremely interested, and just don't have the money to lay down currently for the game. But i'm really, really interested in this game, and want to try it, bad.

Thanks in advance,


~Scipher