It sounds like I have reason to go into the defensive but I do not.I hide nothing when I am saying I think this game is nearly perfect. And the game is full of people who are very enthusiastic for launch.

Thus there is no need to try to counter Sveinds negativity. The devs do not have to proof anything anymore. Even if the game goes live as it is right now it will be a success. I have seen few games that were finished in their beta, normally they aren't even finished when they launch (like ESO for example).There are just many people who like to manifest themselves in forums and negativity in our western society works better then positivity most of the time and AO Gold, to manifest oneself.

You will just have to make up your mind yourself, no one can do this for you.

The difference between current games and the great classics is not that the classics were fundamentally better, but that they had no transparency policy during production. I can assure you that if games like Diablo II would have had a forum like here, it would have been full of ranters as well. This has to do more with human psychology then with the actual quality of games, most of the time.

Don't waste your money right now. I got suckered into the "HARDCORE PVP MMOARRRPEEGEE" and every patch thats come out since I started playing has given in to the biggest whiners on the forums which are the kids who are garbage at videogames and need someone to make a youtube video to explain what to do. This game was good when SI stuck to their vision but pressure mounted for final release and they are gradually selling the games original PVP premise out to try and get the PVE carebear cash.

Okay. maybe you cant. I can pvp solo (u can ckeck it on killboard). I can albion online silver farming solo in red zone and im actually doing it. Some of my kills - other solo gatherers in red zone. I can farm dungeons and kill any boss there with just t4.1 Albion Online Items and im actually doing it.

So, i can do any of this actions. If you cant - that is a problem with your personal skill or motivation.