For me, it started with Luclin, but as others pointed out, Luclin was a bittersweet experience. I quit for awhile simply because my computer couldn't run it, and I didn't dig the whole 'cats on the moon' idea. My biggest beef with it was the very beginning of the "must level in new areas, old areas are shitty exp now" trend. Beloved old areas were empty because the moon was better exp. Meh. However, if the exp was kept comparable to pre-Luclin levelling, I would enjoy Luclin very much. Because:
1) AA's were the most amazing implementation I have ever experienced in any MMORPG. I didn't find that they reduced the number of lower level groups, either, as few people were willing to keep grinding the same high level areas constantly for their AAs. I've found people still played their alts plenty to shake things up and keep the game fun.
2) The bazaar GREATLY improved the game for me... sure, the fact that I had to keep my computer running while I was sleeping, and let my character sell in the meantime, was a bit lame. Still, when they implemented the search function, I probably spent more time on bazaar trading than I did on levelling.
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