I used to be a die-hard supporter of this game, owned the Founders edition and even supported developers IronMace during their legal battle against Nexon, believing in their vision and false statements made by the company to not behave like AAA gaming companies. However, recent experiences have downright changed my mind and let it serve as a cautionary tale for would-be players.

First, I was permanently banned for "allegedly" playing with a cheater—a player I had no prior knowledge was cheating. My friends and I simply used the game’s official LFG system to find other players, as intended. Yes, you heard right, the game's DESIGNATED OFFICAL LOOKING FOR GROUP SYSTEM. To be banned for something completely out of our control is not just unfair; it’s downright ridiculous. And to top it off, the occasional auto "Abnormal behavior" or "Investigation temp ban" whenever survive fights and mass reported because you are the last team in the lobby resulting in numerous false bans only to be unbanned 3 days later after a "review". Just look up the community discussions about false bans you'll see.
To make matters worse, they allow banned players to simply purchase a new account for $30 and continue playing instantly, which makes you doubt if they had intended to make a quick buck off addicted players rather than respond fairly to their false bans.

Secondly, due to it being an "Early Access Game" they will not hesitate to treat players like guinea pigs and implement unbalanced patches or massively unwanted game mechanics by the player base like "multi-classing" to collect testing data or to test out stuff. Not to mention the numerous times they botched up updates allowing duplication glitches or bugs to happen rampantly.

Lastly, the genuine cheater plague one will encounter during High roller games. 80% of these games are filled with full-time Real Money Trading Chinese cheaters who will stop at nothing to relieve you of your hard-earned items for their empire.

But hey, if you enjoy wasting your money, spending days wasting time on false ban appeals, getting treated like a convict by support, and constantly dying to cheaters, then by all means, buy this game. It’s perfect for you.