To anyone having their doubts about the game...

... I say skip a release.

I didn't play during release 7 (a polish release, which could explain my feeling) and when I came back for release 8, everything seemed improved in a way or another.

The framerate has dramatically improved on lower-end machines (ie my machine ), avatar models and enemy models look better, animations are smoother and reported bugs are gone.

It certainly also helps that new features get added but even without that, seeing a whole bunch of improvements at once has certainly boosted my confidence in the project, and I wish the same to everybody.

PS : only downside is, now that we get to see "functional" innovative features, any archaic mmo mechanic feels even more outdated (for instance, the way the leash works on NPC enemies feels terribly clunky when you're trying to kite them)

 

I noticed improvements on the performance front as well. It was the first release where I had a stutter free experience!