Ok so I played a lot of this tonight.
Got to level 11, but I spent a ton of time trying out all the gear in the shop, seeing how P2W it is. They gave us a lot of cash points to work with for free. Getting a rare Pet from the cash shop is pretty damn low. It might be set to 1-5% drop chance, I used about 80 random boxes and got 3. There are mostly only cosmetic items in the shop at the moment, but there are also weapons for level 40 only⌠Looks like the game is going P2W eventuallyâŚ
Anyway, apart from that the game is super fun, had a lot of enjoyment so far, definitely worth spending a few hours on at the moment. I was planning on doing this earlier, but I just kept wanting to play. I just got disconnected, so nowâs the best time I suppose.
The graphics are nothing special, the monster variation is uninspiring at the low levels at least, but they do indeed vary, thank god. The npcâs donât cater for the low level, just get gear from the quests, donât bother trying to buy anything. The crafting system seems interesting enough, but you can only choose one produciton skill between armour/wep/accessory and item productions (making unique items), after that your locked into that sub-class of equipment.
Best part of the game is the fluid and varied combat. This game was built for MvPing and PvPing. Very quick combinations, with a variety of uses. A very reactive game, for me it doesnât feel boring, like Iâm spamming the same button over and over. You can get quite creative with the combos, and improve the combo rating quite a bit if your fast and smart. Combo skills into CC skill into next weapon combo skills into CC so on. (The combat is rotating skills by swapping weapons. I would suggest mapping the swap weapon skill to a different key though.) Using Space bar (Dash), movement speed buffs and Blocking buffs, this game can be quite intense from what Iâve played. (I played Warrior)
Only other gripe is that it still feels like the community is separated, not much communication between each other. Everyone is just off doing their own thing. But unlike in Cabal, I did struggle to complete the first major dungeon on my own, as I let the bosses hp restore by mistake and ran out of mana potions. The boss had nice obvious animations, which required some reactions to as they came out pretty quick, and he was no push over. I like this game a lot.
TL;DR: This game is definitely worth a shot whilst we wait for ToS beta to be released. 