I have been playing for about a month. So far, I have to say that ARR was not bad. It had some areas that could be cleaned up but you could see that so much needed to be set up story-wise that it was going to be a bit dense. I was not around before they trimmed some of the quests but I can see where the devs could trim a bit more. Overall, I liked the story and think most of the dungeons were good. My main gripe is just the number of times you have this back and forth to the same area. An example are the quests leading up to Castrum Meridianum. That could be condensed quite a bit with all the travel to and from Mor Dhona to get the salute and the uniforms etc.