Yeah, its cash shop supported. They also have a nifty feature to turn of player models which typically become a blight on city hubs in free mmo's. (player vendor blight)

It won't replace WoW but it will certainly have more legs than 2moons, Shaiya, DOMO, Rappelz, Fury, etc.

I'll check it out after work. I still have the MMORPG itch that Age of Conan didn't scratch.

Another neat feature they have is called "Quest Alarm". It basically tells you what quests are available around your level and where to pick them up.

I played this for a few hours last night. It was pretty okay. Liked the graphics and the feel, don't think there are enough quests and those that exist are too grindy (lol, I know we're talking about an eastern MMO, just had to put that out there).

Anyway far ahead of Requiem so far as I'm concerned. Let me know what server everyone else is on, I joined the one starts with an 'M' but I could switch.

Well you have half elves, elves and dark elves. And there is the Dekan that looks sorta like a sea elf.

I have some characters on the "M" server. Djori and Ajari.

I highly recommend the Dark Elf (caster). The Dekan is really sweet with a double bladed staff that you can split into 2 blades. If you like the Assassin or Sun Chiang Xian from Dynasty Warriors, you will like the Dhan race.

I'm looking at 8 or 9 hours right now, so I'll just let this download overnight. I really want to try this out, looks like a lot of fun, and it brings a couple of interesting features to gameplay, such as the revenge option.

I have a character on the "M" server also. Let's get a guild going there.

It's ok. I've made a few different characters (now on Marea) to get a feel for each, and so far I'm doing best with Veloreyn (Half Elf Archer) and Syllanna (Elf Healer).

So far I only have two big gripes...

The first is that the system I'm currently running doesn't play this game very well. It's around the minimum requirements though, so it's more an issue on my end than theirs.

The second is sound effects. I'm spoiled by games that give me some little sound effect on every strike/spell/etc, and I'm not sure if it's just a glitch, but this game seems to have overlooked it, at least at this point in time. Hopefully it's just an issue with the game being in beta, and it's something they're still working on.

Other than those things, it's a visually impressive game for being cash shop operated, it's got some interesting systems going for it, and I actually like the way they did their skill system (even if it is complicated). And I really like the forging and refining systems.

Most of my time lately's been spent working, or looking for a better job, but hopefully I can catch a few of you online sometime.

I think the key is that its refinement and not uber twinking.

If you want to knock it down 2-3 levels then use the 2 or 3 level refiner slot. The level of the weapon can't go past its original level so just keep plopping money into the slot machine. Odds are that even though a one level refinement will succeed more often, getting two in a row will cost more money than trying to do two levels at once.

You will run out of money quick by trying to lower reqs by 4 or 6 levels. I would bet that you could purchase something from the cash store that would increase your success chance. If not, there should be something soon.

Half elves are great ranged attackers that are sturdier than the dark elf mages. However, I've found that the dark elves add a little more flavor because they have mana and life stealing nukes and AoE. Not that I'd try AoE without grouping as thats a sure way to die quickly.

The elf healers are interesting. I feel though that they get into a habit of nuke, self heal, nuke, self heal which may get repetitive. And also very dangerous since the longer kill times means the better the chance an add or respawn pops next to you.

You know I haven't had this problem with Rohan. However, I did have lots of problems trying to run Sword of the New World with their anti hack loader. I emailed the devs and basically its one of the drawbacks of playing a free MMO. If millions of players are having no problems, you will get a "we are aware of the issue and we are working on it" non-committal response.

I'm sorry that was not for Rohan. I played the non ijji Rohan and had no problems with it.

The problems I had were for another free MMO Sword of the New World. (Granato Espada)

I played it, but somehow the characters look blocky, and a lot like triangles to me, even on max resolution on 32bit. Maybe I'm just unable to find some kind of hidden graphics control.

I don't think it's my graphics card...it can handle l4d, so I think it's just the limited customization options. I just hope the community has released a HD pack or something similar.