Found it on a top editors choice back in 2012 and tried it out. Got invited to a guild on the first day and within a month I was the only member left online. I remember the days where you could join any elite map and there were people waiting to run for a loki, Mali, or ribbit eggs. Back then free to play meant you rely on the luck lix that you get from Klaaz and Shazbot since there was no lep. At the time I didn't understand the loot system, as I sometimes still got a Malison egg without rerolling. Guilds were not too important back then. Pvp didn't even exist. It was a time where there was not fighting and everything was just about teamwork.
Those days have passed and it's a whole different animal now. More conflicts for sure if you pvp, but I actually enjoy playing much more now as there's so much more stuff to do! Easier to gather people for elite runs and people like Kalizzaa who figures everything out methodologically as a rogue and Crowsfoot who's the goto person to learn how to tank elites just from our guild alone!