I personally like it, from the begining its not like we had much control over weather we succeded or not.. but at least you can feel like you have something to do... I'm just glad its not as slow. I'm sure SE knows they can't please everyone.. there will always be people that complain about what SE does.
That being said... a change or improvement I would like to see added is more mid lvl crafts. There is alot of stuff for lvl 50's to do.. but i'm bored of making the same axe or bow, or spear. Please add some Furniture for all the lvls. Maybe even some quests (other then the few at lvl 20, 30) for crafting.. just to keep it interesting.