While my journey is nowhere near done I have almost 50 hours in game and am currently doing end game content. I LOVE Lost ark this is the MMO I have truly been waiting for and while some may not enjoy the usual MMO tropes if you are able to past the early game you are in for a treat. Honestly if you bomb rush the story reaching end game does not take long at ALL compared to most MMO titles and you can very much skip side quests even though some give good rewards. For me this game does many things right with its end game but it also does something else right for me that I have been waiting for in MMOs for so long. PVP. This game has an amazing PVP that is non P2W and is playable the moment you unlock it as all armor and stats are equalized so it is pure skill based.

All in all the combat is fun, end game is fun, and PVP is a blast. I mean the game is free just give it a go and like I say if you hate the usual early game grind to end game just rush through the story and you will hit endgame a lot quicker then say FF14.