I really don't get why people expect an entirely new game with entirely new mechanics every expansion... "it's just more of the same" makes no sense to me - of course it is, it's the same game! People continuously complain about the tomestone mechanic which has been in place since the launch of the game still being used, as if they shouldn't be. But, it's a core mechanic that has been there since launch - why would it change? The game is still the game it was at release, and will always be the same game. It isn't going to become an action RPG, or a tactical combat sim, or a dating sim. It's a very specific version of the MMO genre, and it always has been, and it always will be.

I'm not saying, if you don't like the game then quit. I'm saying, if you don't like the game, why are you expecting it to change into a game you do like in some future patch? I honestly do not understand why people play a game that has core mechanics that they don't like, hoping for those core mechanics to change. The details and minutiae change, but the core of the game never will, and I feel it never should. I can understand debating the implementation of specific details and features, but not the core ones, like vertical progression that jumps on a set schedule (every six months) and gear tokens.