Well there is no more cash shop dependency in this game, and the nerfing is happening because they try to balance the classes and yes I admit, they are not yet balanced, but with Volume 4 they completely change the skills again, so let's see if that improves the balance.
For me the best MMORPG ever is still Ragnarok Online, though, even though it's old and outdated and some private servers are actually better than the official server.
But yeah, I'm currently also all over Allods. The gameplay is really fun and I like it how you can get all required cash shop items ingame now. In fact I'm suprised to see a developer listen so much to the players. Now they just need to get the balancing right.