If you'd like to see what changes the 3.0 patch made, these are the patch notes:
http://forums.archeagegame.com/showthread.php?301401-Revelation-3.0-Update-Notes-Table-of-Contents
The worst changes (from my point of view) were made to the vocation system. You can't buy high level seeds (like ginseng) for silver anymore. Now they cost vocation points, which are limited and are only earned through daily quests. It meant a lot of farmers simply stopped growing these items (or they were forced to have multiple Alt accounts to earn enough vocation).
But if ArcheRage really are determined to upgrade the game to 3.0, then I can probably live with it. It messed up a lot of things for me, but I was still able to play. There were enough good changes (like dwarves
) to balance out the bad.
But the real nail in the coffin was patch 3.5. This patch is the spawn of Satan!
It was this patch that finally killed the game for me. The changes to the Trading system alone were catastrophic! The trading system is the heart and soul of the game. By changing it, they caused a cascade effect that harmed every aspect of the game.
So I really,really hope ArcheRage NEVER EVER implements patch 3.5!