Sigh...

There's one thing to say about Atlantica that will explain to many people why it is no longer worth playing: Nexon bought it.

Atlantica has been dumbed down into a petty game no longer centered around community interaction. The only fun to be squeezed from this desicated rag is playing with the market, which has been firmly siezed by tradeable cash-shop items and their natural inflation effects. The advertised combat style and dungeon exploration has been eschewed in place of spammable "mini-game" style dungeons that require semi-AFK clicking every few minutes. And, in natural Nexon style, this cheesy side-grade is the only way to acquire some of the best gear.

After hundreds of hours spent on the game before Nexon acquired it, and a hundred more recently trying to get back into the game, I simply cannot recommend anyone keep Atlantica alive any longer than it needs to be.

There are very few reasons for veteran players to return, and even less for new players to begin. Atlantica is a monument; a memory of greatness once before.