I went to the omega server and started fresh to grow a toon with the new changes. It was better than trying to figure it all out on the old toons. The changes seem to me to really make it important to have a cohesive group of people to work with.

The changes are not bad really once you get a feel for them. Most of the crafting changed from praying to the rng gods to give you a rare to grow lots. So quantity over quality other then they added crafting stabilizers to the high level stuff that you can only get from trade packs to the other continent. So you need friends to help you get those.

Overall not bad really as long as you have friends to play with.