corner of the screen. The game consists of players firing projectiles and destroying enemies to earn experience, fame, and better equipment. A character moves around using the WASD keys and uses the mouse to aim and shoot. Contrary to usual practice in MMOs, the experience for killing monsters is awarded fully to each player present, rather than divided. Because of this, it is generally advantageous to group up when fighting enemies. Players also have the ability to instantly teleport to any other player on the map under a cooldown of 10 seconds. In addition, players are able to escape to the safety of the Nexus, a safe area where characters can't be killed, at the push of a button (default keys are R and F5). The controls can be changed in the options menu. After a certain amount of experience has been earned, the player levels up and their attributes are raised, allowing them to become stronger, fight more powerful enemies, and unlock more classes. The maximum level a player can achieve on any character is level 20, at which point the character stops receiving attribute gains from levelling. In addition to experience points, the player earns "fame" on their character, which increase the player's rank (represented by how many "stars" the player has earned) when enough fame is earned on any single character. If a character has earned a particularly high amount of fame, the character may be placed on the game's leaderboards upon its death. Character death is permanent; when a character dies, all its statistics and all the equipment it was carrying is lost. The player earns fame from their character's deaths depending on how much "base" fame they accrued and whether or not they fulfilled specific conditions that further increase fame gain from a dead character. This earned fame is tallied and added to the player's overall balance, and it can be used to purchase certain items in-game or to feed your pet with items. Players begin their game sessions in the Nexus. The Nexus consists of multiple sections featuring, among other things: a marketplace, healing fountains, and portals to enter the many realms within the game. The marketplace is scattered across the central Nexus and players commonly use this area to trade with other players as well as purchase items being sold in the Nexus using Realm Gold (the in-game currency that is purchasable with