guise, come play this game with me =]
http://9dragons.acclaim.com/its a lot of fun, lots of quests to do and is NOT a grindfest. the skill system is very...different though, there is no button mashing. e.g. when you get your basic [enter weapon here] skill if you select it you will automatically use it, and every time you use it, it gains say 5% and when it reaches 100% you get the 2nd lvl of the skill. and when you reach the 3rd and 5th lvl some extra hits are added on...hard to explain you need to see for yourself
there are white and black clans, they both have 3 clans and white clans cant grind with black clans till later lvls (80+ i think)
white clans are:
The League of Beggars
Wu-Tang
Shaolin
black clans are:
Heavenly Demon
Sacred Flower
Brotherhood of Theives
im heavenly demon and play on server bardo (eu) if anyone is interested...
one last thing, the lvl system is a bit different, if your lvl 5 it wouldnt just say "level 5" it would say "Losing Self 5". there are different ranks, and 12 lvls in each rank
1 - 12 Cheng 1-12 of Losing Self
13 - 24 Cheng 1-12 of Gathering Chi
25 - 36 Cheng 1-12 of Opening Chi (A role can be chosen at Opening Chi 1)
37 - 48 Cheng 1-12 of Revolving Chakra
49 - 60 Cheng 1-12 of Raising Light (Raising Light 12 is the maximum level at which a player can change the role of their character)
61 - 72 Cheng 1-12 of Five Dragons (The minimum requirement for players to wear Mansion (white clan) and Wild Tower (Black Clan) clothes at FD12)
73 - 84 Cheng 1-12 of Sun and Moon
85 - 96 Cheng 1-12 of Golden Blossoms
97 - 108 Cheng 1-12 of Elemental Crown (A player can upgrade their role at Elemental Crown 6 (lvl 102) and wear their new clan clothes at EC 8 (lvl 104))*
109 - 120 Cheng 1-12 of Floral Crown
121 - 132 Cheng 1-12 of Crimson Snake (Cheng 3 of Crimson Snake (lvl 123) is the lowest level of mobs on the new map North Sea Icy Palace)
133 - 144 Cheng 1-12 of Golden Lotus
145 - 156 Cheng 1-12 of Humble Master
157 - 168 Cheng 1-12 of Little Master (It is rumored that a player can join an Advanced Clan at Cheng 4 of Little Master, but the Advanced clans are not implemented yet)
169 - 180 Cheng 1-12 of Hermit
181 - 192 Cheng 1-12 of Projected Soul (Cheng 1 of Projected Soul (lvl 181) is the level cap as of patch 79)
193 - 204 Cheng 1-12 of Dissolved Body
205 - 216 Cheng 1-12 of Immortal (Cheng 12 of Immortal is the highest level available to players)
217 - 228 Cheng 1-12 of Heavens Gate (Available only to GMs)
229 - 240 Cheng 1-12 of Heavenly Immortal (Available only to GMs)
also, a tip for noobs if you find a Blood Essence dont be fooled by people who want to buy it for 20k, its worth almost 1mil! money is really hard to get, at my lvl (37) i have 620k, i'd have around 60k if i didnt find a blood essence
edit: some screens =]

