Game was a buggy piece of shit in the beginning let's be honest and take off those rose colored glasses for a minute
I have never played a more buggy game in my life as MO was in the beginning
The only true statement from the beginning, is that the forum community was the best before release
Now my only question here is why does all players that where not good back then say this ?
Gameplay and bugs is not the same thing, bugs can easily be fixed but great gameplay and combat is as we all have witnessed alot harder to gain back once ruined.
Community was better, combat was better, skill ceiling was higher, farming was better, the game was an actual game and not a second job, keeps and TC was better yet limited in what you could build inside and the games feeling was way better but corruption was worse though, tech and bugs was worse but thats it.
The game had a fun and solid gameplay base, but lacked tools and content. Sadly they ruined the fun and the gameplay part, brought all the wrong tools and few of the good ones and well content is still sorely lacking. And AI is still crazy shit.