To me any MMORPGs strongest point is it's community, something this game is going to be lacking. The chat system is easily the worst in any high profile mmorpg due to its restrictive nature, and difficulty to make sense of. The heavy use of "instancing" through out the game leads you to believe you are playing a single player game, or at best a multi-player game like Neverwinter Nights, only without the good story line.
At first I really liked the game, but the more I played it the more its flaws stood out more than anything else to me. The combat system feels very random, and even though you can pick quests on your own, it is very linerar by any game standards, for a mmorpg this is inexcusable.
As far as MMORPGs go, I am more of an old school EQ1 fan (EQ-VElious expansion), and am eagerly awaiting Vanguard: Saga of heros.
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