Yeah I suppose we will see lots of '1 year on...' posts over the next few weeks.

For me, I thought 2.0 was amazing. It pretty much met all my expectations after having paid close attention to the game for the year leading up to release with all the live letters and such.

What I will say though, is that it feels about the right time for us to start getting information on the expansion, and it seems SE are of the same mindset with the first reveal coming at fanfest very soon. Its been great to have the patches to look forward too every 3 months, and I have particularly enjoyed frontlines from 2.3, but I feel as though A Realm Reborn has pretty much run it's course now. Fulfilled it's purpose.

What we have right now is a solid foundation to build on. The community is sizeable, the world is beautiful, and the story is intriguing. I would say that since patch 2.2 Yoshi-P and co have made some decisions that might need to be readdressed or altered in the expansion. 'Time sink' is the first phrase that comes to mind when I think of recent additions to the game, but this can easily be put down to SE needing to keep players playing the game whilst they prepare for the expansion. After all, although Yoshi set out a clear road map for ARR some time ago, I don't think anyone knew just how successful ARR was going to be. The information they have to work with now will allow them to make a much more robust, long term plan for the future.

A plan that will be formed upon the knowledge of how successful ARR is, how the community is and what content is prefers, and a plan that can make use of the blank cheque Yoshi-P will now get to work with with thanks to the success of ARR. I would say It's just the beginning, and there is lots to look forward too.