With the rise in popularity of free-to-play games, players from all backgrounds expressed that they prefer to try something out before they turn over a significant sum of boi gold. Existing players can also send seven-day free trials to their friends e-mail addresses from the account pages. All items in the game had their stats changed to a new structure that is easier to understand and provides greater impact in combat and other events. In 2008, players seldom changed out their gear, because the equipment gave barely noticeable improvements. Many felt everyone looked the same, and little incentive was given to seek out more unique appearing gear. In fact, there is a tremendous selection of appearances, class-specific, and culturally-specific gear.
Now, as a character progresses in experience, new equipment will be needed to successfully stand up to stronger adversaries and encounters. Character stat screens are now organized by tabs grouped in a logical structure; scrolling has been minimized. On the general tab, a new armor calculation replaces many of the earlier resistances and invulnerabilities. We have a new combat stats tab that indicates a percentage of success for various combat skills.