Although it's the usual japano-quest and grind fest (You don't have to kill a thousand mobs to get 5 items, usually you only have to kill like 25% more than the quest items you need) i started to actually enjoy it. You don't have to block with your melee weapon or anything, but there are some big ass monsters on the map that actually need you to use your dodge skill or stun skills to beat them, which kind of got me hooked to the game now =D
I'm on EN Zenobia with my lvl 42 Slayer, so i can help you out with the instances n stuff and some starting cash. Would also like to start a guild now, although i was a loner in this mmo and still am. Just didn't find anyone that made me make a guild or join one.
