Leafling

“The graphics are pretty low-end but passable in terms of giving the sprites personality. The gameplay is very basic and straightforward (which isn't necessarily a bad thing), and the servers are really bad with rubberbanding constantly.”

“The art style is just terrible as well, it's not even original and has no charm to it for being a j-RPG pixel game while also having mediocre character customization.”

“To be honest, I would like to have settings for graphics or just fix the game frame drops because it lags whenever I cast a spell or in unpopulated places with few enemies and players.”

“I can't progress from where I am currently with gear without loads of alma or farming the PvP zone for trophies to get some of the best gear.”

“This leaves me farming old content solo, or farming the PvE new zones mobs which just feels unrewarding and not fun.”

“You basically beat the game within an hour, then the only actual content is grinding the same things over and over for absurd enchanting prices (because it has to be a time sink considering it is the only thing to do).”

“This dramatically contributes to a boring facetank-mashkeys-drink potion vs hit sponge type of gameplay.”

“But, currently, what I've experienced in terms of jank is quests not being able to be turned in, some quests can be completed but warrant no rewards (this is probably just unfinished quests; these quests should just have a note telling you they don't work because I wasted my time killing 200 mobs for no reason), some quests are poorly worded or the quest has poor progress tracking (there is a quest where there are two differently colored versions of a quest mob with the same name but only one of them gives you quest credit) quest bubbles appear not over NPC heads but over thin air, some quests softlock you when you can't turn them in (i.e., the written in stone main quest line where my friend tried to interact with a curio but could not and was therefore locked from the gameplay for an extended period of time. Fix appeared randomly and she was allowed to continue).”

“Very, very clunky UI, rudimentary gameplay that is not fun.”

“If the game continues to release banger soundtracks, evens out the rugged balance, fixes the jank (especially the jank that makes some questing useless), creates more end game content, and overhauls the game with general quality of life updates (like an inventory maximum counter, more fast travel options, solo friendly avenues for raids or high level content, etc...), then this game can become an extremely good game.”

“I'd listen to the soundtrack to this game outside of it and I'm a bit of a music snob.”

“Music is also very well styled to fit the game theme.”

“While I understand the game is early access, it was quite buggy.”

“It looks lovely, it really does, but it won't open and freezes past login.”

“Legit will say it's an early access game, but the game is just a buggy mess.”

“While the development team has shared their decision to carry out this drastic change and put forward that it adds replayability to the game, taking your main classes to the highest level still remains a grind in which players go to the optimal source of experience in each zone and don't touch anything else. For example, leveling some classes from 40 to 45 can be an utter pain, and instead of entering the dungeon (where the boss has the highest experience of the zone) and killing countless mobs with high HP and no experience to their name, some prefer doing a repeatable woodcutting quest. Safe to say the rest of that zone is still unknown to many players.”

“While the development team has shared their decision to carry out this drastic change and put forward that it adds replayability to the game, taking your main classes to the highest level still remains a grind in which players go to the optimal source of experience in each zone and don't touch anything else. For example, leveling some classes from 40 to 45 can be an utter pain, and instead of entering the dungeon (where the boss has the highest experience of the zone) and killing countless mobs with high HP and no experience to their name, some prefer doing a repeatable woodcutting quest. Safe to say the rest of that zone is still unknown to many players.”

“The game runs well, but servers are constantly stuttering, making the game extremely slow.”

“I stopped playing this game; there are few players poorly optimized, and when fighting against Dragon T, there is a lot of lag. Warspear, Curse of Aros, and Skylore are much better than Leafling.”

“This nerf coincided with a general armor nerf, which meant that I went from having quite poor solo performance to utter and complete garbage solo performance (as in, I can barely kill a monster that the DPS classes kill in 1-3 hits).”

“Might be a cash grab?”

“Other free-to-play games like this are cash grabs, but this feels like a regular game.”

“100% free to play, so no need to worry about player advantage via money or in-game purchases. It all takes time; it is a bit of a grind, but that's what adds to its charm.”

“(kudos to the devs for taking a stand on this issue, cause it was causing a really bad atmosphere among players.)”