My suggestion is, play through the story and form your own opinion. Stories are personal for people, but I personally feel like the writing has gone more childish as of late, and aimed for.. pre-teens? Because I would've probably hated the writing as a teenager too. Which is a really weird aim, as most people playing MMO's are 20-40+ , even odder is the shift, because formerly their story was really nuanced and respected the worldbuilding and tone of the world that was far more serious.

They said they will look at jobs at 8.0 but then again they have said a lot of things and words are words and P.R.

When it comes to everything else like the rigging, even the current housing changes with "no pillar" it seems like a shoddy job, I don't know what the devs are smoking but they clearly arent doing their job or their coding / engine isnt allowing them to do something. But this is not good work at all. And yes, still no hats for Viera and Hrotgar, pathetic.