I also had a great time with 7.4. Every character and interaction was dripping with charm. I'm someone who liked wuk lamat and dawntrail, and I genuinely think people will be kinder to it in retrospect. But I understand why the writing was putting people off. In my opinion, stong character concepts were emptied by repetitive dialogue that didn't have life, specificity, and charisma. But in 7.4, dialogue was well-crafted and used efficiently to give us new information about whoever was speaking.

I believe that if 7-7.2 was written like 7.4, everyone from players to staff would have had a better experience. I hope this proves how a good story is an important foundation to the rest of the game.