I'm going to say upfront this is question will rub some people the wrong way, but when does the gameplay get a reasonable level of depth to it?
Me and my buddy started the free trial today and after a good 15 hours between the two of us, we both have the exact same complaint. He's a level 16 conjurer and claims to only have two attacks (one of which rarely works). Yes, the conjurer is a healing class primarily, but it seems like they would still make it decent to play solo. I don't feel much different with my level 10 pugilist -- I hit B, A, X on my controller to do my little song and dance... and that really it. I'm a decent ways from getting any skill that seems like it would disrupt that progression; even worse, I haven't gotten an inclination that it's going to stop working for tens of hours.
I know that I'm still "early" on in the experience, but the thing most people complain about with the base game aren't bothering me. Yes, there's a lot of menial tasks they're having me do, the map system is confusing at best, and the lock-on system really ticks me off, but I'm enjoying it. The world feels inhabited and the writing seems great. The aesthetic of the world also impresses me, despite how dated the graphics are. But like I said, unless the combat gets significantly more involved (on a per-player basis) it's hard for to envision spending an exorbitant amount of time with this game.
We aren't MMO people, is this just part of the genre?
