Like you i played it really early on and really enjoyed it but everyone i played with stopped and i also just kinda fell out of it. Seeing this makes me kinda want to poke around again myself so i would also be interested in peoples thoughts with the current state of the game.
I played it awhile ago. The game is really good and there's a lot of classes to choose from that are unique. The main reason I stopped is that the endgame is kind of boring and repetitive but the early mid game are extremely fun. I would say to try it just for the early and mid game areas of the game but end game content could be better.