The section of the game that focuses on raiding is just kind of shit. They never got the mechanics to a good enough place to make it enjoyable to play, and the story tries to get more ambitious in a way that doesn't really work. Both these things screw up the pacing and make it a bit dull for a while. imo things pick up again once the updates stop using the raid mechanic.
That section sure was kind of shit. But yeah, I advanced a little more, and as far as I can tell, the plot doesn't seem to be going anywhere interesting, there are already too many characters in the cast for writing of this quality, too much side stuff that has very little, if any, connection with the story, neither does it help advance the plot or even enrichen the world lore, and the character development is not satisfying. The scenes themselves are rather uninspiring, don't hold very well on their own, and overall are not that good to make me keep playing this without paying attention to the story.
So I am out, I am done playing this. Maybe one day if this game gets finished, I can come back and play this beginning to end, see if it turns out to be great, but to be honest, I doubt that will ever happen. And it's a shame too, I remember back when I played this in its initial versions and it looked like it had some very good potential.