Rappelz is with the new Epic VI, a full blown multifaceted online game. It now contains tons of pets, suits and weapons.
What indeed still drives the enjoyment of playing is the Community. Being a part of one or more good guilds, makes a world of difference and gives you a sure haven for joining the "whole chat" from time to time where the waves goes high some times.
With the Ursa Carverns and the new pets, wolf, Harpy and Gnoll, the game is evolved for people of all levels.
The game has a well functioning game economy.
There are still some bugs in the game that takes a bit long to be fixed, but like with life in general, it works out in the long run.
Epic IV should really be the time for players to join in, if they still haven't tried Rappelz, and even more so, a chance for long time AFK players, to come back and see, all that is going on.