I've been having a blast. Anyone else still play?
Add me - Dielan.8120
To those who think it's free there are some caveats. Basically there are three ways you can play this game:
Core - which is the game I preordered a few years back that has all the things you would expect
Expansion - which includes new areas, new classes, and it is all in all amazing
Free - which is all of the content of the core game, but with HEAVY restrictions. You can't enter some towns until a certain level, you start with three character slots, you cant send or receive items or gold via the mail system, you can't use the trading post, and many other inconveniences.
Here's the catch - You don't need to buy both the expansion and the core game. Buying the expansion lifts all the account restrictions put on free users. So all of the core game is accessible without buying it. Some people feel cheated because they bought the core game close to when the expansion dropped, but what really happened is the core game you can still purchase isn't the game anymore its lifting restrictions on a now free game. People who have the core game but don't have the expansion still have immense advantages over the free users.
If you're new and you tried it out as a free user, go buy the expansion.