Quote Originally Posted by Aramina View Post
It plays like an RPG rather than a Sandbox because it IS an RPG, not a Sandbox. I didn't find either the base game or HW to be more or less restrictive than the other.
Id have to disagree with that, in arr you could level simply by unlocking The Sunken Temple of Qarn, Cutter's Cry, Dzemael Darkhold, The Aurum Vale, all of these could be done without being caught up in the msq. Also your job quest for all jobs could be done without msq. You can go to any area you want, without needing a flying current, you can get tomes gear if you are the right level , instead of having to be at the end of the game as you have to be in hw. Hw is 100 percent gated every step of the way Arr wasnt like that and you have alot more freedom outside of the path of doing msq.