- There is an item shop, it got some powerful but overpriced stuff but you really don’t need these items, I never bought anything there besides 2 expansions.
- Nowdays, membership isn’t really needed anymore, it makes you gain EXP and raid relics a little faster, get 1 free AA point per level and unlock all character slots (since you will start new it wont really matter to you since you don’t have +5 level 80 characters) but other than that there is not much it offers.
- There are 4 expansions, Rise of the Godslayer, Turan, Vanaheim and Dragon’s Spine. If you want to know more about each expansion, I wrote a guide on them to show what you get and so on though it more likely starts to matter once you are level 80 so you don’t need to buy them right away: Information Thread for beginners! What you should know about Expansions, AA stuff, gear and so on
- The game runs smoothly nowdays most of the time though even with powerful machines it sometimes stutters (badly optimized, nothing you can do)
- PVE got thr biggest population so yeah, you can join lots of guild, run dungeons and raids. There are solo dungeon and group dungeons which require up to 6 people, raids are always supposed to be done by 24 people. If you want the best gear you will need to group up with other people.
- Depends, I can’t tell if YOU will have fun, I personally enjoy the game even after 9 years of playing because I like the lore (compared to Exiles the amount of lore here is insane), the classes and most other things.
(I would write more but I can’t right now, also, I am using my phone right now which makes writing a pain in the a##)