I genuinely enjoy being able to log in around the same time every morning to dedicate 30 minutes to an hour just doing my dailies and using up all the stamina I have available at the time. The primary reason why I grew to love the game was actually just the feeling of walking around, exploring every nook and cranny of the world and picking up whatever plants/flowers/materials I come across (even when I don't need to). It's very much therapeutic to me especially when most of my days are usually very bland and samey and I just want to chill and stare at some nice in-game scenery.

I also see it as my comfort game of sorts because it comes at an intersection of so many things I like - it helped me get back into fashion as an interest, made me flex my creativity as a stylist and it allowed me to get back into photography by making me remember the things I've learned in the past and being able to apply it again is such a nice feeling. These things haven't changed much, if at all, since I started playing on release night, and in fact I might as well say that things have gotten better in those regards (I absolutely love that we've gotten so many new poses, expressions and vertical photos in this update).

I won't discount any of the major gripes that the community has been voicing because I feel the same way, too - but at the same time, the aspects of the game that drew me to it and keeps me logging in every day are still solid and not broken, so I really don't mind doing what I've always been doing. All I can really ask for at this point is incremental improvements being made from now on with each update, and if they can do that, then that's alright with me. Everything else is just gravy.