Me too, i'm on the fence about if we'll hit 750k or be lucky too get 250k, i hope for 750k for the updates, however having an F2P world could lead too even more Gold farmers then there will be with additonal payments. not too mention i really don't see such an active player base over the past year too hit 750k, but hey. You never know.
I own some rares and have some relatively decent levels, but I would prefer everyone start fresh with a level 3 account and no items. If items were transferred over, a select few people such as myself would already have a huge advantage, and that exciting "race to rune" would never occur. Not only this, the G.E. would effectively still be influential in the version it's not even present in.