4.25 and beyond

[ShanXiv]

While 1.0 was what you might call a disaster. A lot of the stuff and the direction they were heading with 1.2 was largely positive and felt like a totally different game to many and certainly hoped ARR would continue in that direction. I remember a lot of people in alpha and even beta unhappy with the way theyd done a u-turn and headed down the wow clone path especially on the combat system

Yes, I don't like the 1.18 battle system,(not content, because there were not content)
but 1.2x changed a lot,

Fun,different type contents were added each patch,they last much longer than now,
We didn't shout for a party for more than 30mins,
We didn't grind something for more than 2hours a day
but We had fun with friends everyday.
& we met a lot of new friends.

Then Yoshi showed us the beautiful new UI, the non copy & paste maps,it looked like a full deluxe version of 1.2,we were so excited.
but then such huge shift in direction, and many low quality,short-lived contents, were unexpected

The current quality is still higher than WOW, if you were coming from WOW or some F2P games, I know why you are defending this game, I know why you call this game a "great game" (lol...),
because your standards/expectations, are too low.....

[Valkyrie_Lenneth]

Yes, I don't like the 1.18 battle system,(not content, because there were not content)
but 1.2x changed a lot,

Fun,different type contents were added each patch,they last much longer than now,
We didn't shout for a party for more than 30mins,
We didn't grind something for more than 2hours a day
but We had fun with each other everyday.

Then Yoshi showed us the beautiful new UI, the non copy & paste maps,it looked like a full deluxe versionwe of 1.2,we were so excited.
but then such huge shift in direction, and many low quality,short-lived contents, were unexpected

You must not remember 1.x very well. Grinding was the game. There was only grinding, and it was definitely more than 2 hours a day. lol.