[swampdog]

1. Multiplaying is allowed. Players can freely view who's playing who with the ALTS command.
2. Yes. Scripting, triggers, aliases, etc are all features of MUD clients and barring their use is counter productive to my mind.
3. No. I've never enjoyed spoiler rules as a player.
4. Yes, it can be quite hard due to the random nature or other players.
5. No - items and stats are easy to increase for new players.
6. PvP is global and open.
7. Downtime might be a minute or two after exhausting your combat dice. Items and drugs are available to increase regeneration.
8. Wayfar relies on skillpoints (easily gained) and gear (easily gained, although top quality takes more effort). Players can allocate their skillpoints to different skills in order to build varying characters. Characters with comparable skillpoints will be fairly comparable in power.