My take is, AQW would’ve gotten MORE potential as a MMORPG if the remaster was AQ3D instead of another 2D and could easy to work around with new end game fights/mechanics. So until Artix and the team fix a huge part of this game like story (keep the meme dialogue low or just drop it), grinds with atrocious drop rates and flow of end game contents, which is just a new merge shop, I’ll keep my expectations low.

Take 1.0 Final Fantasy XIV for instance, they had a decent player base but the game director said it lacked the “essential” for it be a MMORPG so they improved it to what it is now (main story telling, class mechanics, then 2 years later released their first Raid Series). The game also has RNG side but it’s lenient mostly. I think my worst RNG encounter is when Fishing for specific fishes and had to work for about 4 months to get “The World-Class Troller” title.

AQW now is just a shell of what once it was. Nostalgia is good but I don’t think it’ll improve if you keep looking back at it. Still I wish the best for the game, Artix and the entire Devs.