Jola (atys)
Your points are valid and have been suggested repeatedly over the years.
However, Ryzom has extremely limited financial resources to pay for future development or advertising.
There are a lot of free advertising options, Banner trading being one of them that works pretty well - pick pages/companies where gamers hang out, shoot them an offer to trade advertising clickables for traffic generation. I've noticed Facebook et.al. links for further advertising - this is good too. Get review places to try Atys again - reviews go a long way to generate newbies, esp positive ones. Plenty of gamers are willing to invest in a game - so long as they have a reason to expect said game will get better, their suggestions will be heard, and problems will be fixed in due time.
As far as the development goes - there are tons of 3D/programming freelance sites where listings are free. Those places also have people willing to work on commission or for free to get work exp on a 'real' game. Look into it - a lot of talented people just looking for a break.
Options are there - but no-one is gonna do it for you. Like I said - this game could be awesome - the foundation is already there.