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The game follows a buy to play model, so no at the moment it isn't free, even though we just had a free weekend of it.

After you log onto the website, you have a "Play" button on top which lets you download the game.

Which buildings do you mean? The residential plots? Those get cleared if the owner does not pay the rent.

@energyvorteX
This also was necessary. The game before this change no longer had CCs. They were simply not used anymore, since the accuracy chart introduced with EGC patch made them ultra short.
This chart is a compromise before the new one introduced with EGC and the one before it.

This change is also a buff to tanks, which are already immune to them thanks to their armor sets and instead use a lot of CCs.

To put things into perspective, the assassin changes came after an overwhelming part of the community asked for them, including the assassins. They were simply too strong, and they probably still are even after these changes.
Right now the meta is dominated by assassins.

Their names are indeed red.

A red player is a player which selected the negative alignment at a shrine. They incur several penalties, but gain the possibility to attack good players.

They can kill and loot people (inventory only, no equipment) and steal carts.
You are safe in towns, around harbors, around the stargate and on your plot. You are also safe on the whole planet of Terra.
There is no cooldown on killing, if he finds you again, he can kill you again.

Il gioco è già in Beta avanzata, od early access che dir si voglia, ci avviciniamo alla release (non abbiamo date però).
Quindi con qualunque pacchetto ormai si gioca tranquilli.

Per quanto riguarda la community Italiana, non è vastissima ma qualche player ed un paio di gilde ci stanno.

Ghosts can be hit only by spells or by weapons made of specific materials (silver, witchwood). That said, it is a bug that they spawn around energy crystals, they should only spawn in their dedicated events.

@MichaelZhang devs already know that ice and shock mages have issues. We can expect some tweaks in that area.