1. is it more pve based or more pvp based -
2. is there factions -
3. is it open pvp -
4. is there corpse looting -
5. do clans/guilds have wars -
6. is it a grind fest -
7. what is max level -
8. if you play 3 hours a day how long will it take to reach max level -
9. how is pve, is there raids/bosses etc -
10. what is an ArchLord and what benefits does an ArchLord get -
11. does this game have anything innovative and new -
12. describe ArchLord in the best way possible, what makes this game worth playing -

thank you in advance..

You'd probably find all the info at the official Archlord site or Stratics Archlord.

I've only been playing casually for a couple days but from what I've read in guild and general chat: at level 30 you can PvP anyone, no factions, no restrictions. Cities are safe zones, no PvP there. If you kill people 4 levels or more lower than you, you get Villain Points. After so many of those, you get Level 1 Rogue status which has some disadvantages. If you keep going, you'll get level 2 then 3 rogue status which has some serious negative effects. The only way to get rid of villain points is to turn in Pardon Scrolls to a pardoner NPC. Not sure about corpse looting, no one has mentioned it. There is also Guild vs. Guild and racial Castle Sieges. Your guild has to beat each Siege to get that race's Archon. If you win and capture all 3 Archon's, that opens access to the final boss which is kinda like a balrog. The Archlord is the "ruler" of that server, so every guild wants to kill you of course. Your new home base is a flying castle and you get special Archlord armor and a flying dragon mount with an aoe meteor attack.

It's geared towards the Korean market, kinda, so yes it's a grindfest. That said, the translations are the best I've seen and it has the best graphics I've ever seen in a F2P game. The engine itself is very fast too, the game flies. Getting in groups sets you to autoloot which is nice. You can also set where you want auto-potions for health/mana.

Max level is 99.

PvE is standard Korean fare, grind mobs, they respawn a couple seconds later, rinse, repeat. The quests are worth doing though, they actually give decent xp and rewards. The game even has crafting. There are named bosses running around, no idea if there are raids etc.

Gameplay-wise, like I said, it's typical click to move, grinding Korean style. The graphics are great (for F2P) and the engine is silky smooth. There are no player shops littering the towns, which is nice for a change. There's an AH to sell stuff (you can sell right from your inventory but you have to visit the NPC to shop and buy). The in-game community is actually pretty mature. Mostly everyone I've seen is english speaking, not much crap-talking, not too much gold selling (there's a little, but *nowhere near* as much as I've seen on others). The item shop doesn't actually sell items (well, it sells teleports to certain places) it's mostly buffs so... not really needed. I guess if you're heavy into PvP then those buffs would be an advantage? But if you skill up your cooking you get decent buffs too.

That's an Archlord noob's take on things anyway. It's fun for awhile, I don't know that I'd spend 3 hours in a row on it since it's mostly click click click grinding. But for an American player, it's by far the best F2P translation I've played. I may have gotten some of the stuff wrong, again I've only played a couple days and I'm just repeating stuff I'm (hopefully) remembering from chat.