[About this game] Tell me...

I've watched a few videos and it seems...neat? The thing is, all the articles and reviews I read make it sound like the second coming of Christ, but the videos make it seem rather, blah.

Is there a demo?

How does this game compare to wow? I liked the social side of wow, but I hated how when you hit 60 you were FUCKED if you couldn't spend 3-4 hours a night playing.

Is this a game I can hop on for 30 minutes to an hour to play a day and get something accomplished?

How do guilds work? Like wow?

If I go PvP will I get ganked constantly or is it mostly restricted to battlefields or where ever.

It's been fun.

No one here will be able to comment on endgame because there aren't enough people at 80 yet.

The interface was designed by a blind kid who was never allowed to play WoW, or any other game with an interface that didn't suck, so expect anger on that front.

It has been worth my $50 thus far.

How is pvp? Can a level 10 guy fight a level 20 guy, or is it completely gear specific like wow?

the reviews praise it because they've all been bought out and you should know that by now

the game IS extremely bland. wait at least half a year before picking it up

It isn't as gear dependant as WoW, your playstyle can greatly affect your success in PvP. After taking Pessi and Tsetse's advice I spec'ed my ToS to Thunder and i've tanked and killed 3 players at once in a PvP minigame without dropping below 80% health. I've beaten players 1on1 in the world that were 8-10 levels above me, but Tempests are so overpowered that your results with other classes may vary.

And absent is just joking, he loves the game. He posts here a lot.

Is there a demo?

How does this game compare to wow? I liked the social side of wow, but I hated how when you hit 60 you were FUCKED if you couldn't spend 3-4 hours a night playing.

Is this a game I can hop on for 30 minutes to an hour to play a day and get something accomplished?

How do guilds work? Like wow?

If I go PvP will I get ganked constantly or is it mostly restricted to battlefields or where ever.

No demo, yet. May be a while.

The game is like wow in that they've stolen a lot of standard genre shit from successful games. No point reinventing the wheel. It's very different in terms of artwork, game flow and abilities (less abilities but more compelling combat).

We cant really talk about the endgame because we havent seen it, but i would expect this game to be a lot LOT less raid oriented. There may end up being a lot of "grinding" stuff for good gear, so like any MMO you must realize that a very casual player is always going to fall behind the people who play all day long. These games reward time investment and must.

However, like wow in its current forum, you can probably just play it casually and still have fun if you play with friends. In wow, you CAN pvp casually and play it like an FPS. Conan shows that it will be the same. You just cant expect to be fully geared out all the time.

Guilds are like wow, but will have their own cities and may be engaged in city siege style pvp down the road. I'd expect the current guilds to be fairly night-knit groups of mostly RL friends or transfers from wow.

Ganking is no worse than on a wow server.