>>200818
>>200821
The game is always really fun on a fresh launch. The only difference this time is that it's "vanilla, but not everything has been figured out and solved yet" and that there will probably be some balancing work done. The question is how well it will hold up after a few months once everything does eventually get solved. My recommendation to anyone trying to enjoy the game long-term, past the first few months, is to actively seek out a guild you enjoy playing with. This is more important than any design change they made and works with every version of the game. But playing at launch and quitting after is fine too, many people do that.

I don't buy the horizontal progression thing though, unless they're gonna be making gear resets, which I doubt they would ever do. Also I hate the fog and weather/day/night effects in general, I have to play with increased brightness and it's making my eyes bleed.