Well, even when I "leave" the game, I do still following the changes and time by time, visiting the game to check the updates...
Junon seens with less and less shop time by time and as I said, the most part of the stuff are getting useless. I did stopped crafting for a example, cause there's no more a big demand of new players or no, in need of a gems, crafting gears is getting hard too cause you almost can't find shop selling the common materials or just a lil part of are buying those, so much players just don't waste time looting it anymore.
For sure, for a old player like me and much others, and for who already have a buffer or something, lvling, getting to junon is really fast. But then, i see no more players/partys in kenji beach, I mean, there is no more "random" players for everywhere, sometime you see a lil group wich started togheter and in 3~5 almost hit lvl 200, so for who are running by the maps looking for a party or something, you may not find. Also, farming, running map by map is no more useful, It's much more hard to find someone in a random map farming or doing something else... Anima Lake, George of Silence, Goblin Cave, Forest of Wisdon, Dalphing Island, Breezy Hills, Luna maps, also maps of Xita is not being used anymore, those new players fall in the same trail that everyone does; Adventure's Plains, Zant, Breezy Hills, Junon, Kenji Beach, OT, Ruins, Orlo.
There is no more dealers crafting all type of stuff to survive and help another newbies wich will need this not so important, but useful for her low level game. No more "sacrifice" lvling, even if you don't have any stuff in the game, once you meet someone who have, in hours, not more a day you hit level 100, then there's just a jump to level 200.
I no longer see the need of questing years ago. I mean, will not be more usefull than just fighting here and there randomly. The artisan have lost they holiness, no more fun or glamour on being a crafter. The PAT system for a example have dead for the new mall pat/mount stuff. Castle Gear are useless, there is no more reason to have a cg for wars like it suposed to be, cart with battle arms but for a collection and nothing more.
This is not suposed to be an negative or offensive thread, I just want to share my pov of the game and say that I really have no plans to stop playing ROSE for the next years but i can't find fun in it anymore, i would like to see it grow up again to theyr glorious days and see more and more players comming to us and help as I can.