I would never recommend an Iron Realms game to someone for a couple of reasons. One being the pay to win aspects where players who pay real money to buy items

I would never recommend an Iron Realms game to someone for a couple of reasons. One being the pay to win aspects where players who pay real money to buy items get major advantages. Another being the amount of grinding required to level up. I'd recommend Akanbar instead. It has no pay to win features. Balance based real time combat loosely based on the old Avalon game (Achaea did not invent balance based mud combat, it came from the now dead game 'Avalon') and you don't have to learn a coding language just to become competitive and partake effectively in the pvp if that's a part of the game you have interest in. It sits in a sweet spot between complexity and simplicity and has a fun concept, well made guilds and a dedicated playerbase and admin.