I don't think i've ever heard anyone call this the "best game ever" but i've definitely heard a lot of people praising it when it doesn't deserve it. Some say its better than MapleStory, some say its better than FlyFF. I don't agree with either and here is why.
1. Classes: Four classes? Well, that ain't no big deal except they are horribly unbalanced. Clerics can do everything except deal large amounts of damage so basically you could toss away Fighters and just keep either Mages or Archers. Fighters... uh... I can't really say anything about them. I don't play them and I really don't care about them. The only time I do is when i'm with a group and even then I don't care so long as he/she is doing his/her job.
Archers? They're unbalanced due to the fact that they deal just as much damage if not more damage than Mages. What the hell is the point of having these two classes if they're damn near identical? A few different skills/spells makes no difference. Archers should not be able to cause even half as much damage as Mages. Mages are the "nukers" in MMORPGs, not Archers. And is it just me? Or did they make Mages weaker?
Either that or the enemies have gotten stronger. I came back only to find out that I could barely fight anything by myself without dying or coming very close even as I constantly used potions and stones. I doubt they've fixed the cool down times either. If they ever do get around to that they also need to amp up the damage for Mages. I'm sick of shooting spell after spell just to kill an enemy five minutes later.
I have played MANY MMORPGs (i'm sort of obligated to as a hardcore gamer) and in each of them I play the magic class. I have yet to see a Mage as weak as the one in Fiesta in any other game i've ever played. Seriously, what is up with that?
2. Cash Shop: I told people that it would end up like this. They would be more focused on the Cash Shop than anything else and so far, i've been right. I understand they're trying to make money but making money is far less important than making your players happy. If your players aren't happy then your game is doomed to fail and no matter how low your prices go it won't bring them back. They need to focus more on fixing bugs and less on adding crappy items to the Cash Shop. Oh and the items need to be permanent, none of this dumb timed stuff.
3. Bugs: There are a TON of bugs in this game. Probably a lot i've yet to even discover. I'm tired of quests being bugged. I honestly doubt they would take that long to fix them either. They need to just stop being lazy and get off their asses and fix it, now. The more bugs the game has the less players it will have and again, players are everything to an MMORPG. Hell, this game is only in Open Beta and its doing ten times worse than any game out there.
4. "Epic" Monsters: You know those special little monsters such as King Marlone or the Zombie King? Well, we all know that they get farmed because of their "rare" items. However, this denies any casual player (and even players like myself) from getting these items without paying ridiculous prices. Either ban all foreign players or start making these damned mobs spawn faster! And put a limit on the amount that you can kill or something.
I want to fight them and get the items they hold so that I don't fall behind everyone else who can either farm this stuff or afford it. Heck, I don't even really care about the weapons. The rings are all that is important to me. I'd rather have an upgraded Staff than any "monster weapon" but fighting those monsters is something i'd like to experience.
5. Kill stealing/Bots: Kill stealing just sucks and something needs to be done about it. Some people are just too damned rude and there is nothing we can do to stop them. There are numerous games out there with a system to prevent kill stealers, Final Fantasy XI has one so why doesn't Fiesta? As for the bots... well... this game has the most bots i've ever seen (or at least noticed). Constantly farming stuff, spamming this damned sites, and overall just being a general annoyance. Come on, it isn't THAT difficult to get rid of them.
Summary: This game has a lot of issues and Outspark isn't even making an effort to fix them. This game is still in Open Beta yet its already doing horrible. How people can still play it is beyond me but I do know that if no one says something this game will continue down this very road and eventually end up with no players at all. Fiesta is fun to play but lately its becoming more of a chore to play it than just a fun little game to sit down and relax to. I want to play this game for a long time but how is anyone supposed to when these problems affect the game in such a negative way?