Despite heavy criticism from myself and others and SE needing to pull themselves up by their bootstraps and get to working.

There's plenty of avenues to enjoy this game and you should make up your mind on your own. I think you can find joy in a community or communities within the game, or just some activity that you like in the game.

TLDR: They haven't tanked the game yet, nor the worldbuilding and lore, but it feels like its on the edge. The gameplay feels a bit samey and the jobs need work to make them feel more unique in content other than pvp, but I'd give it until 8.0 to truly decide if they are listening or not after a wave of critique that was Dawntrail. BUT you have a lot of content to plow through, so take your time with that.