It is a classic game. Every bit as fundamental as WOW or Final Fantasy for the genre. It once had several milliom players, however, was never a success on the US. Very hard to lvl up, not great for those who love quests, but with tons and tons of open world and history. It is the comunity play that makes this game memorable. Giant boss fights, castle sieges, open pvp and pk. To lvl up you must get into a clan (guild) and get a mentor. The game was streamlined and they are clearly trying to make it easier both for ppl that is new and for the ones that left sometime around the Gracia expansion and are now returning. Huge nostalgia factor and still several thousand players. It is P2W, but not to an absurd degree, and, for something we love so much, i dont think that really matters. After Farfurion, Classic server is much more similar to the game we were used. So, be warned, there is a lot of new things to learn in Live...