A lot farther along than live ever was before Velious

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People with more pp than you ever saw in pre-Velious.
guards camped 24-7 a lot resulting in no guards to run too for newbies.
Items are lame by the time you level high enough to camp them.

Game business : Some people claim to have up to 15 farmers to keep their stores stocked
Makes it very hard to find anything decent to acquire if you camp your own equipment.
Generally on live only professional gold sellers did that on live.

It reduces a large portion of players to just camping the mobs who give out the most plat like stainless steel from guard, instead of being out their playing the game they are planted in front of guards raising money to buy in EC
It's turning a lot into business tycoon the strategy game.
On live when these things got into full swing it was considered to be detrimental to the game.
PS.
It is all subjective,some people see those things I listed as an improvement to the game.
This is the rant forum and this is a rant,take it or leave it.