Been playing this for the past week and a half and really enjoying it. Definitely a grind with the crafting and skill system, but if you specialize it's not so bad. I think it's good that you have to dedicate yourself to your chosen path and work for it. And it doesn't really feel like a boring grind to me, spend 20 minutes running around chopping trees trying to find ones others miss, then switch to some dungeon raid or PVP for a while. Also love the Personal Island, have 3 farm plots going and two hires leveling up. Joined a good guild and had 5 PVP kills last night. Feels a lot like EVE in some aspects, but very different obviously.