Mixed feelings on this....

Too much resemblance with Lineage on pvp
Too much quests for pve
Not a single craft skill on beta

Sure graphs are decent, music much better than otehr games.
Players all look alike after level 2 lol - yeap... on low resolution setting, all players seem similar. Healers and Mages lok the same, warrios and defenders look the same. We all look a pathetic shade of grey color items, with a slight shade of purple and brown. BUT.... this is how it appears on low settings graphs (sorry, but my system is rather old and cant play it in any higher resolution/settigns)

For me, this is a minus... because other games, more demanding on CPU power, look very nicely in low settings (Last Chaos, DOMO, 9dragons, 2mmons, cabal, even dungeon drifters). But Shaiya for some reason looks like a dull grey.

Second problem for me... no monster variery. There must be a total of 20 monsters with different names and levels and thats it.
I repeat here... its close beta... and my experience is only for the first map (i think each faction has 3 maps, plus 3 PvP zones, so for beta we have access to 9 maps)

Third: game was supposed to be 18+... so far i see no reason for this, after plaing for 3 days and reaching level 20. Have explore 100% of first map.
And i find no reason for game to be 18+ - Yet!

But since it has 18+ sign, it attracts many babys who like to pretend to be adults with silly expressions and an attitude that makes you wish you could actually slap them in real life (i know i am mean here)

So, after close beta ends.... thanks but no thanks... i will pass this.... and hang on Domo (i use this title because both games are in aeria games entertainement group and both get beta testing almost at the same time)

It has some aspects to be a descent game - especially for the PvP lovers out there.

Major disadvantage... lack of crafting skills in beta testing... so we know not what to expect.

Game has a variety of skills for each class, plus many items that seem useless for now. But i guess, these items are for crafting.

Also advice.... dont waste money on weapons and armor... quests provide you with pretty descent items... unless you are a pvp addict and you think that paying 500k gold for a weapon that does +5 damage from your current one, is worth it

My beta character was a mage, teaming most with healers (for me thats a perfect combo :) )
No idea how a warrior behaves on game.

I have upload some screens in gallery section if you wanna take a peak.

Overal: 6/10 for me.