With close to 1,000 Hours on record for this MMO i would like to share my thoughts. As someone who has reached endgame on multiple characters. Having one of those said characters have the Best in Slot gear and near perfect Stats. This game is extremely fun. But it does cater to a niche audience. and with that i will list the major points for this game. 1. Fatigue - This isn't really a problem once you have an established account FTG(Fatigue) and have access to multiple characters all doing something. At the start it can be rather annoying and a limiter to the amount of time you can put into any character. You start with 170 FTG at first and gradually over the course of 7 days accrue 1190. Your next options would be to start a new character or just play a different game. Id highly suggest starting a new character, not only does it make the game fresh from viewing the story from a different point of view, but also it allows you to experience different class play styles. IT IS NOT ABOUT BUTTON SMASHING . There is a lot more depth to character skills and rotations than one would think, but i'll get to that later. As i said each character is alloted 1190 FTG a week and the max amount of account fatigue one can have is around 5740. This means you can potentially play upwards of 4.8 characters a week. Let me tell you, with the amount of hours i have, you will not be using up all that account FTG. Unless you have a lot of time on your hands, maybe. But if you work or go to school you will not max it. That leads to my 2nd point 2. Endgame - Endgame is rather straightforward, you reach close to the level cap (70) and you start Tiamat or EX Zone. It's a rather challenging zone to be in for those undergeared but with the recent patch as of 5/8/2018 it made gearing less painful. However true endgame depends on what you enjoy. Do you want to do more damage for faster runs, or look pretty. That's pretty much your only 2 options for True Endgame. Getting gear is pretty straight forward and just requires dedication to dailies. However getting near perfect stats or enhancement levels requires in game credit’s and a lot of time. IT IS NOT REQUIRED TO HAVE PERFECT STATS OR A +14/15 . Do not let people fool you or make you feel bad because you have all +10's and low stats compared to them. Everyone is literally overgeared for the content and simply want to speedrun. As long as your gear stay's up to date, the tunings and enhancement levels are simply min maxing, and that is all there is to it. 3. Characters and Skills. - Do not believe people when they tell you "All you do is faceroll on the keyboard and that's it. Big Damage" this isn't even close to being true. Some classes have a long wind-up to do BIG DAMAGE and others require only a small setup to execute their hard hitting skills. A quick example is my Tina. Tina requires a rather lengthy setup in order to do full Damage of her main skill "Hot Shot". It requires first maintaining several buffs and on top of that using her Fridge skill to get cryogen stacks. Once you have achieve 10 stacks of Overheat and 8 stacks of Cryogen then and only then should you use Hot Shot for maximum damage. Not only that but it has a shorter cooldown if used while maintaining a skill chain of at least 3. You see where i'm going with this. It's rather a lot to remember but with practice it becomes second nature. And all classes are somewhat similar. There is a lot of depth to each and every class that isn't hard to Master. 4. Pay to Win and EME. - For my last and final point i want to address the elephant in the room. Pay to Win and EME. let me be clear and say that THERE IS NO PAY TO WIN as with most MMOs now a days is all pay for convenience or reducing the grind. This remains true even in closers. There are packs that sell +12 boosters and later +13. But remember my 2nd point? Having all that is not required and simply used to speed run through dungeons. You just need the gear which will never ever be behind a paywall. Everything that comes after said gear is up to you. No one will not invite you because you do not have a +13. I will address Plat elite in regard to Tiamat as some have argued that Plat Elite is pay to win. Plat Elite is the 2nd level of Elite the premium membership. It only requires you pay 3 months worth of elite IN ONE SITTING . Thus unlocking Plat Elite for the remainder of your elite status. In regards to Tiamat, the raid boss will drop 1 malek crystal box which is equivalent to 300,000 credits. If you have elite you receive not only 1 additional run but 1 additional box (potentially). However plat elite also adds one more box on top of that. Therefore you could potentially receive 3 boxes per run or around 900,000 credits. I say potentially because only the box for receiving a SSS rank is guaranteed while the other 2 have a somewhat common chance to be earned. Now say you play multiple characters (lets go with 5) and do Tiamat on all those characters you could potentially receive upwards of 60 malek crystal boxes (4 runs per character) or around 18 Million credits a day. I for one play 6 characters (soon 8) and do this same tactic. It is the best money making method in the game, hands down. But it requires effort and a lengthy setup. You have to gear the characters to make the runs smoother, you also have to manage your account FTG so that way you do not reach FP cap and risk losing runs. All in all, it requires a lot of work and therefore i do not see this as Pay to Win, as it is the work that is the byproduct of the amount of money spent. Some people do not have the time nor even wish to put the effort into doing this. Now for EME they are a company and are a publisher, they will not always make the right decisions nor have the best way of saying it. They make mistakes, they may even lie. If the company causes you to not play the game, then simply do not play it. But i highly suggest to reconsider. This game is fun and enjoyable. or else i would not have put so many hours into it. We receive updates every 2 weeks, thanks to EME and Naddic ( the developer). We constantly send feedback and hear from EME and Naddic, most of the time we are not in the dark about things going on. EME is also very transparent about what's going on and own up to their mistakes. Overall i give them a Thumbs up, but a Thumb's down because of the recent update caused current players to play eventless which is rather wasteful. However i will sweep this under the rug and hopefully they are honest when they say "We will learn from this and going forwards ensure this does not happen again" Only time will tell. Closing Thoughts Overall i love this game. The combat is smooth, the animations are beautiful, the character designs are eye catching. And the costumes, the costumes are just wonderful. Realistically there isn't much one can do to stay constantly busy, but you can find a way. Most of my hours are actual play time and i try my best to manage my time with work and life and the game, but it's pretty difficult and i never end up using all my FTG every week. Only about 40 hours or so are probably afk. Forgive me for such a lengthy essay but i wanted to be as thorough as possible in my review (which is also my first) and really explain to everyone what they are getting into. I am indeed a paying player (or whale as some call me), but i play the game and put lengthy amount of hours into it. I do not wish to be above or below anyone and simply want to enjoy the game as it is. Just because i may have better stats than you does not make me better than you. If you require teaching , i will teach you. If you want me to you help you in a run, i am more than willing to help anyone. I simply spend money because i enjoy the game that much and wish to see it flourish. Thank you reading.
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