Basically everything about the direction the game was going in or appeared to be going in has already started going away or will be going away come EoF. It feels like all the things that made this the one live service game that I actually felt was worth playing is going away and it’s becoming just like all those other ones I have absolutely no interest in playing. Build crafting and experimentation was the reason to play, now it seems to be shifting to a cycle of “make number of up” which is just….boring. I don’t like seasonal reset style systems and now we’re going to see that for both power and gear. A cycle of “number go up” just for the sake of it is artificial and not compelling. I truly think crafting should have been balanced and expanded upon in meaningful ways that make it more rewarding instead of it being burned to the ground. The return to no meaningful bad luck protection or targeting agency for seasonal weapons that came with Revenant killed what I felt like was a mostly balanced loop of earning seasonal craftables to experiment with on demand while I chased non craftables. Losing that instilled a level of apathy in me that had me not finishing content that I paid for, for the first time ever. Now we’ll see that extended to armor as well come EoF. I don’t care about temporary destination gimmick abilities and would rather have seen that time and resources spent on permanent things for subs to continue to add to build crafting. Everything that is happening or will be happening(aside from armor drops being made interesting again) feels like a downgrade. The weapon side of build crafting accessibility has taken a major hit by walking back crafting, and that doesn’t appear to changing. We’re getting temporary destination abilities instead of new things for our classes. Gear is getting a reset cycle. Level is tied to gear tiers. A number go up cycle as “content.” It all feels uninspired, artificial, and not compelling at all.