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Since the game is very new, and anyone playing before the release has had their levels reset (to my knowledge at least), there are plenty of players in your level range which you can group with if desired. I haven't really seen guilds running around, but this will change in the coming weeks I'm sure.

A few little things that bother me so far are minor but annoying none the less. There is a fee for removing items from the bank. While this will probably not be so bad GOA gold in the future, dropping 100 bronze in the low low levels is a hassle. There also isn't a mailing system setup yet to my knowledge, which kind of stinks. I'm used to being able to mail items in between characters. I also don't enjoy the durability system of items. I had a fairly decent special 2hs sword at level 5 but the durability would drop so fast I barely got to use it in between repairs. If and GOA goldwhen you die, you have to return to the spot which you died as a spirit form of yourself, which will spawn at the last town or area which you bound yourself. You can also resurrect yourself at these special monk npc's, but there is a small penalty which will wear off rather quickly.

As for selling items to other players, this is done via an afk store system. I much prefer selling through an in-game auction house, and I see no reason why a game should be released today without one. These are a few little things that make me smile more upon Runes of Magic as my FTPMMO of choice, but that has a few things which bother me too, since no one game is perfect.