@milouze, early game ranged has an advantage, but the DPS ouput with a combo of 360-degree attack, increased damage, and higher health really make melee pretty tough to compete with.

Come hang out on mixer.com/aspyrmedia Mondays @ 11 EST, and I'll show you my build with KungLi. It's served me very well :)

Haven't tried the game yet but watched a significant amount of let's plays. I am not convinced at all regarding the melee value. I mean, the attach range is NES levels of ridiculously small, and you're forced to circle strife like an idiot even against lower level mobs...

I hope the game succeeds as I plan to purchase it further down the line, but I'm afraid some design decisions force it into F2P when it's mature enough (the player base will have moved to other games of the same genre by then).