So anyone got it yet guys ? I bought this last Monday, took 2 days to download.. skipped office on Wednesday to play the game the whole day... very nicely done and all... ofcourse, my views are pretty basic since this is the 1st kind I am playing any MMO, so the whole why this game is different from any other MMO (WoW, etc.) is beyond me.
Playing with an elementalist for now, the whole weapon based skill system is definitely unique (I have played a LOT of RPGs, just not MMORPGs) and each race is markedly different in how it plays, and not just that every race has 10 completely different skills, but a lot more...
However, and this maybe just my arrogance / ignorance of such things; I do end up wondering what to do in the game. I am barely level 12 (so yes, not enuff time spent in the game), and due to the weapon based skill system, I have already unlocked most of my skills (90% I am sure, if not 100%), so there is no drive to level up higher to unlock cool skills anymore. Loot drops are not as common (again, benchmark being RPGs like Diablo / Torchlight or even Borderlands!!!) so the excitement to kill more and higher difficulty is not there. Basically, the character doesnt seem to be getting buffed up as it levels. Fights do not get bigger, spells do not get stronger or more spectacular, enemy is not tougher by much. Its just static with probably numbers improving in the background. Yes my health has doubled from 600 to 1100 over last 5 levels, but so has that of the enemies, and so is their damage to me and mine to them... so just bigger numbers in the background with no change.
What I am saying is, the grinding is probably much better than other MMOs but still seems like grind.
All the above is for PvE playing alone, which is not how this game was probably meant to be played.
Bottomline - Need a guild or multiplayer experience to move to the next level of experience... any1 buying ?