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-High res textures
-Stunning animation
-The lighting effect when going from a dark place to a light one
-Art direction centered around natural material and practical gear. Basically less neon, more class and sophistication
-Glow effects on lights that didn't look like colorful grease stains
-Far more interesting monster behavior
-Being able to buy skill bonuses
-Elemental wheel
-More varying stats
-Dungeon like areas that didn't require you to group up in a timed instance, you could just go there
-Danger
-Corethas being a beautiful spring alps mystery land

That's all I can think of right now from the top of my head.
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