Quote Originally Posted by Nimbus

If your only looking for a game to play for a short time, this MMO is not it. Since it is nearly impossible to solo past lvl 10, and make the amount of gil so your not gimped for gear. Since Gill selling has boosted the AH Prices to near impossible for new players to do anything.

Overall this game is great, but it steals your life. Seriously once your hooked there's no turning back.

P.S Choku (Seraph)
Not true at all. BSTs can solo as long as they want. And SMNs can get pretty far soloing too.

Then there's the new NPC buddy system that allows you to solo some easy/decent stuff on your own.

Also, my life has been in tact since the day I started playing this game. I play a few hours a day, a little more on the weekends, but it hasn't consumed me at all. The player can decide how much time they want to invest in this game. Granted, it takes more time to get things done like missions and quests since you need to organize with other players and that can be tricky, but really, there's no need to let this game control your life even if it does take a significant amount of time in order to play it to it's fullest extent.