Never in my life have I seen a game that gave you a feeling of "Great game, but needs more work and polish to be great" that would last for over 6 years.

The game is really fun, but it perpetually needs a bit more polish:
PvP works for 6 VS 6, but the balancing needs some work (it's tricky to balance 18 unique classes and develop new ones at the same time as making new content).
The dungeons are fun, but need more polish (dungeon mechanics are often completely unexplained).
Nations all have different themes and are fun to explore, but need some more work (the government is completely useless, kinda like in IRL but it's planned to be reworked)
Classes are fun to play, but need more work (some classes have aged better than others and prepare for people to telling you you suck if you don't use the optimal build)
The leveling and stuff is fun, especially when you are doing interesting quests (but there are still level gaps between questlines, occasionally leaving you to have to grind for 10 levels untill the next questline), but still better than a lot of other games.

The gameplay is fluid and fun, except when it's not (expect some occasional lag when loading areas, the artstyle is beautiful, but it takes it's toll on toaster computers)

The comunity is great, really loyal and always ready to help other players (whenever they are not complaining about bugs and how slow the updates are, even thought they release them almost each other month)

At the end of the day the game is fun to play casually, as long as you keep in mind it is being developed my one french studio that just doesn't have the same level of quality as the big companies out there. The game definitely has the same cute artstyle, tounge in cheek humor and heavy handed puns as the other games from Ankama, but this is par of the reason why I love this game and have been playing it for the last 8 years.
It's probably not a game for everyone, but I think everyone should give it a go.

Never in my life have I seen a game that gave you a feeling of "Great game, but needs more work and polish to be great" that would last for over 6 years. The game is really fun, but it perpetually needs a bit more polish: PvP works for 6 VS 6, but the balancing needs some work (it's tricky to balance 18 unique classes and develop new ones at the same time as making new content). The dungeons are fun, but need more polish (dungeon mechanics are often completely unexplained). Nations all have different themes and are fun to explore, but need some more work (the government is completely useless, kinda like in IRL but it's planned to be reworked) Classes are fun to play, but need more work (some classes have aged better than others and prepare for people to telling you you suck if you don't use the optimal build) The leveling and stuff is fun, especially when you are doing interesting quests (but there are still level gaps between questlines, occasionally leaving you to have to grind for 10 levels untill the next questline), but still better than a lot of other games. The gameplay is fluid and fun, except when it's not (expect some occasional lag when loading areas, the artstyle is beautiful, but it takes it's toll on toaster computers) The comunity is great, really loyal and always ready to help other players (whenever they are not complaining about bugs and how slow the updates are, even thought they release them almost each other month) At the end of the day the game is fun to play casually, as long as you keep in mind it is being developed my one french studio that just doesn't have the same level of quality as the big companies out there. The game definitely has the same cute artstyle, tounge in cheek humor and heavy handed puns as the other games from Ankama, but this is par of the reason why I love this game and have been playing it for the last 8 years. It's probably not a game for everyone, but I think everyone should give it a go.