I run on vista x64 with less then 1 crash per 2-3 days at the moment.  Using a 8800gtx card and the latest beta drivers.  The game still isnt as stable as wow/eq2 but its getting there, and performance has gone way up.  I now average 60-80 fps in less crowded dungeons and 20-30 in towns (with settings on max)

Monks:  Have just recently (first time since beta 3 i beleive) started getting some love and attention,  Quinn The Eskimo is doing a fine job of communicating with taliksar and as such monks are moving more towards where they should be.

Biggest concern for me is that while things are getting better, the rate of change is incredibly slow.  APW has taken the better part of 2-3 months to plan, itimize, balance, etc.  Class changes, while on test, have been there for almost a month now.  The game itself is going in a fine direction, but still at a bit slow of a pace.  In the ideal world apw would have been released a month ago along with flying mounts, and all the developers would be focusing on class balance now, but VG is a really small team now so much more cant be expected.

Also you might want to consider reading a few of the producers letters.  Highlights include stuff like increased exp curves, less death penalties, etc.  If a hard core game for elitests was your style you might want to reconsider (i dont personally know you so just throwing that out there, mean no offense) 

Well, if you got some peeps in game and had a patience with bugs/issues than reload it. Game is much patched, just like the others say, but its still not bug free - the most classes had still isues and major errors.

Dont understand me wrong, at all its fun to play - i still do it, but it is not a "final all - cool - all done" product after your 6 months break 

Without friendsd is pretty much the offline game, thin comunity - ne real pickups or just like in old EQ times Camp checks etc (i can speak only for Halgar server).

Performance is "ok". I have pretty much same system as Fujitsu (as i see from his post) also same frames all around,  but still there are situations or places that put me down to 15 frames.

Its still the game with highest performace killing on the MMO sky. With good computer you can play it nice, not perfect but nice. At least 2gig ram, maybe Core Duo and a 8xxx card or 7xxx card should let you play without turning all grafics things off.

Well Monks, yea monks....we are fine, still no utility as ranger or bard or rogue but we can still FD! 

Hey thanks for the responses.  I wouldnt have anybody to be playing with as they have all moved on and are not comming back.  I play EQ2 so I could up to the bigger subscription and play them all.  Maby I will wait a little longer.