Highly addictive game, don't let it take over your time. In general it's kinda p2p but if your in a strong allience you could easily have fun and not pay anything. On the other hand it's very sad that you need to aways spend time and money to dominate events.. This is why players quit. People need loads of gold to teleport around when events are on. If your planning to play the game long term just know to play smart don't act up thought around people or they might turn against you, so enjoy it.