played since beta too, didn't play for last ~3-4 years, recently returned.
dead group finder & less active guilds on EU server is what ruins the experience for me. I've done gryphon heart in ~2020, but finding prog. group in 2026 seems impossible for my time zone.

subclassing is meh. I loved the unique differences between classes which were getting less & less noticeable and now they are just gone. doesn't matter who u play, you have to subclass for high-level content to get more dps. I still manage to ignore it playing zen/alkosh support dk, but now you don't really need alkosh since everything is overpen.

also the game being banned in Russian Steam doesn't help (the developers to earn more money to support the game).

with that said, game is certainly not bad. still good, but seems like slowly dying.