I was in the closed beta for ESO, and I remember they sent 50% off codes to beta members because the game was in such a bad state in beta that almost none of the testers bought the game after release, never giving it a chance. I was one of those, and ended up buying the Imperial Edition half off shortly after release. There were indeed many QOL updates that we desperately wanted for the game to be enjoyable.

I tried getting back into it a few years ago. But lost the password to my account and no longer had access to my original email I had tied to the game. They wouldn’t allow an account recovery, so I ended up waiting for a really good sale to get the base game for a few dollars or something on Steam. I don’t really play it, but I’m glad they gave the game enough love to keep it going and building it better.

I played the hell out of Guild Wars. I bought GW2 the day it came out, not long after it went FTP and enshittified