I am playing this mostly because I am in a position where' it's kind of my only choice at the moment, but goddamn it's getting tough for me to keep going.
This is one of the most boring, generic, vacuous fucking games I've ever played. All the quests are boring and dumb as shit, all involving a play on 1 of 6 or so formulas they have. It makes no sense to do anything other than the quests as it nets the main (read: only) source of XP, soo... It doesn't help that I guess my server is low pop and there is no one to play with (at least at lower levels.) The gear is fucking retarded too, I don't understand it. Some of my leather and plate items have more intelligence and better caster stats which is what I need so I'm confused as to why I keep picking what should be an appropriate class quest reward and fucking myself over? Anyway, I just mix and match now for whatever stats I can get for casters. I seriously cannot get over this shit though, I go to an NPC for a quest and he tells me to go kill 8 things. I kill 8 things, then I go gather 3 items from some more of those same things. While in the area, I see a named and don't bother killing it because I know the next quest will be to go kill that named. It's retarded and makes a whole lot of running back and forth for no reason. Also, I'm not enjoying the fact that I can't just run around the world and kill nameds and get sweet loot. They drop nothing (atleast always for me) because they are all used in some stupid quest and you get the rewards that way.
That being said, I like the fact that you get a mount at low levels and the glider is cool. I enjoy and respect how complex and in depth the crafting system is, however it is really daunting/tough to get into for a new player. Lots to learn, which is fine, but also it seems even the most basic recipes require a hefty amount of time and mats.
All n' all, I'm sure this game improves by measures of a metric fuckton at higher levels but man is it fucking brutal to get up there. Probably wouldn't be so bad if I had some people to group with. I'll try and stick it out but if this game plays the same way at level 40 as it does now I will never make it to 55.