I think many people feel like I do, more than the negative comments I received would suggest.
I love this game, I love the Idea behind it, But it's missing key parts of an MMO.
I actually spent more time trying to group up with friends thanks to the broken (now fixed) party system. For what? It didn't matter if they were in my group or not, a quest can be completed by everyone in the area at the same time, other than picking up object and sharing exp there was never a reason. The fights didn't feel easier, the bosses never were easier...
This game is an MMOTPS, not an MMORPG, and yet it if you removed the MMO and replaced it with 4 player coop, and added in moronic soldiers like there are in halo or gears, it would be the EXACT same game.
There is no reason outside of boredom to ever group up with anyone, I've two manned all the 4 man coop dungeons, so you don't even need a group there. You could probably solo them if you had enough patience.
Again, I loved my week with this game. I am however not an achievement chaser, doing mindless killing for little to no reward other than a cosmetic skin and bragging rights just isn't enough to get me to kill 5000 enemies with a sniper rifle etc.
Now I know there is a certain degree of repetition in any MMO. "Go here fetch this kill X amount of guys" seems to be the norm in all MMOs and indeed, any game with side quests. I enjoy those for various reasons, and sometimes I don't.
Most games offer new and interesting locations to find and explore, and even though it doesn't matter in the end there's still that sense of awe as you walk into Stormwind for the first time.
How many of you remember seeing the snow in Donky Kong Country for the first time on the SNES? It's not gamebreaking, but it provides that sense of something new and exciting may be around the next bend.
This game needs more variety in many ways, not just the quest area, I can't really recall any cool and unique area other than seeing the bridge for the first time that sticks in my head quite the way Ungoro did in WoW. How about finding the Volcanoe in Morrowind? This game lacks the subtle things, and it adds up in a big way.
Just my opinions.
