I don't have too much of a gripe in either direction at the moment.

However, In my opinion the game had a better balance around 1.18. I had started at release. Quit, and came back at 1.18 and enjoyed the game again at that time because it had seemed partying and group leveling was back in effect. I would see shouts all the time starting at nanawa puks. Camps were developing for all level ranges. Took me two months to get two 50s. While like I said, I don't mind the pace as it is now. I restarted with a new char in April and will soon have all 50 dom/dow with a very minimal amount of pl'ing.

Won't pretend to have an answer for how to strike a better balance at this point. Just wanted to say I thought 1.18 had it ideal to me.