/cheers to Shawn on a great write-up! :)

This is indeed the best time to give it a try. Not only has this game experienced a year of growth in features, content, and fixes in the past year (making it a much better game than those who tried it for free during beta experienced); but free subscription + free download means the only thing you can lose is your time... but c'mon, you can spare some of that, your other MMO(s) aren't closing in less than two months.