Total newbie to aion Follow

Hi everybody,
I want to try new mmorpg and I never tried Aion and now with few shops that have discounts with new expansion I have few questions before buying :
Which EU servers are most populated and which one have best community?
How was resolved the famoust money farmers problem?
Was the problems on launch resolved?
How is playerbase in general doing?
Is there housing in Aion?
Any interesting things in Aion that are nowhere else?

Edited, Sep 8th 2010 10:35am by detlik

Edited, Sep 8th 2010 11:13am by detlik