The theming actually looks like what they used in Morrowind. Which is surprisinly similar in idea to the default AoC UI with it's wood and grained look.
Anyway, obviously I got in via disabling sound and tweaker (why does this keep re-enabling...) and running with low-res textures. And my god, who ever said the shop looks like Might and Magic VI was doing MMVI a gross injustice (not that it has an ingame shop obviously).
This looks like it was done by your average high-schooler for a FB game. It really is quite out of place in Hyboria. Please fix it! And your 'surprise!' by avoiding test-live, a place where people can do some of the hard tweaking work with you working out bugs and weighting game mechanics is simply shooting yourself in both feet. Surprise indeed. These 23 pages of upset people are exactly the kind of things that occur with your surprises.
To the person who said you can't use the teleports any more, I suggest you double-check how it works. You get 'premium access' which I gather is for those who aren't subbed (ie F2P) and need quick access to a dungeon instance, whether it be solo, group or raid. Then there is your usual teleport panel that we're used to since the achievement system arrived.
And agreed, the nerfing of all the gear and then the price adjustments is completely /f*Pre-empted Anzu edit*g/ ridiculous. Anyone buying that stuff must be laundering money.