To Start Playing or Keep Waiting?

[Ava]

I would wait until the patch that changes combat. If you quit once already because you didn't like the game, you probably won't like it now. They've made a lot of welcome changes, but all of the "major" design flaws are still there. Combat still sucks, partying is still uncommon unless you have a static, leveling is still boring SP grinding, equipment is still annoying to repair (although rate of decay is MUCH MUCH lower), travel is still awful, zones are still bland, hardware/software/engine performance still sucks. For every person that says these thing, you'll probably have 3 people say the opposite because these forums are quite obviously biased, but as someone that only plays a couple times per week tops, I would say wait unless you're very casual. They are working on most, if not all of these major flaws, but who knows when the fixes will actually launch.

[DeadlySwordz]

I would wait until the patch that changes combat. If you quit once already because you didn't like the game, you probably won't like it now. They've made a lot of welcome changes, but all of the "major" design flaws are still there. Combat still sucks, partying is still uncommon unless you have a static, leveling is still boring SP grinding, equipment is still annoying to repair (although rate of decay is MUCH MUCH lower), travel is still awful, zones are still bland, hardware/software/engine performance still sucks. For every person that says these thing, you'll probably have 3 people say the opposite because these forums are quite obviously biased, but as someone that only plays a couple times per week tops, I would say wait unless you're very casual. They are working on most, if not all of these major flaws, but who knows when the fixes will actually launch.

I quit during open beta and a week before collectors edition buyers had early access to the game. i took my reservation off at my local gamestop. but from what i've see on these forums and other fansite ones, people have said they are enjoying the game. i mean i am a casual MMO player, if i don't come back now, i may come back after the next big patch that some people have been mentioning. i was very hyped!! when the game was announced at E3 of 2009? but no player feedback was taken into any thought at all during the 6 months worth of betas, SE released the game how they wanted to still. then the first director left/got fired or whatever it was and in came the new guy. this new director seems to be paying more attention to the player base than the last.

but since the game is still f2p and no date is even mentioned yet of when they will start billing nor when the ps3 version will be release...i'm thinking of possibly just starting up, we shall see though lol