I play this game for pretty much the same reason i've been playing the past 3 years. It's fun, has a great community (well, staying away from the recent updates forum when a new update comes helps with that part :P ) and probably the main reason is because it's got so many skills, that i get goals to get to ____ level in ____ skill. it's just nice playing a game where you can form realistic, but difficult goals, and feels like an accomplishment when you finally reach it ^_^ oh, and having not pked or used the arena beyond a few guilds i tried out a while ago, these new updates really haven't affected me in any way, other than being able to go out to the wildy without worrying about my whip or other stuff, since my combat isn't in range of any revenants as far as i go into the wilderness.