Just a note: I turned off all additional effects. (shadow, environment, etc.)
That would be me, standing outside of the town.
Getting ganked by a boss mob and his midgets.
I've not gotten very far into the game yet, but I must say that, at least graphic-wise, Archlord is severely underrated. Yes, the WASD control suck as hell and pathfinding is relatively terrible, but neither are truly damning enough to ruin the game completely (I resort to click-to-move). Sure, the grind is lengthy, but the game itself is, from my perspective, not as terrible as most make it out to be.