I've played it from beta to the second first expansion. Then I had a long break. I came back from it when it became free to play here on steam. The core gameplay stayed the same, meaning that I didn't have much trouble getting back in the game. It had new free content and some paid content as well.

After seeing both the beginning and the state it is in now i recommend the game because it is free to play and has enough variety to make you play it for several hours at least. The grinding it used to have is almost gone for new characters, and you only need to play often if you want to do the higher tier stuff in late game.
Since you have several options to play the game (Solo, with friends, with strangers, with or without a clan), there is more reason to have at least a try on it.

I've played it from beta to the second first expansion. Then I had a long break. I came back from it when it became free to play here on steam. The core gameplay stayed the same, meaning that I didn't have much trouble getting back in the game. It had new free content and some paid content as well. After seeing both the beginning and the state it is in now i recommend the game because it is free to play and has enough variety to make you play it for several hours at least. The grinding it used to have is almost gone for new characters, and you only need to play often if you want to do the higher tier stuff in late game. Since you have several options to play the game (Solo, with friends, with strangers, with or without a clan), there is more reason to have at least a try on it.