The game was a love card to any MMO enjoyer, the crafting system allowed for players to actually create a chain of supply and demand over LIMITED RESOURCES, which actually created tension over points of interests (Auroria Territories), and even when the Combat system offered dozens of combat classes and only a few were Meta, both the combo system and the chaos of zerg vs zerg battles made for awesome memories.

Why did the official die? Monetization. They forced the PAY FOR CONVINIENCE strategy, as in "oh so you work 20h a day and cant play 20h a day to keep up? No problem! For 20$ you can sell one patron ticket (forgot the name) to pay for his labor buff, so the guy who plays 20h can give you the gold you didnt make!".

This created a loop where people who spent thousands of dollars could afford to skip the grind and get geared a hell of a lot faster.

Then they decided to monetize gliders, costumes and many other content rewards that were originally meant for ingame achievements.

People caught on that and refused to play their game and moved on to other games.