I've really enjoyed the marketboard, crafting and single player aspect of the game. The story is really bland, if it were a movie on IMDB, I would give it maybe a 5.
I actually enjoyed ARR more than Heavensward overall, because at least ARR didn't have flying. I'm considering abandoning the game because I can't get over the fact that every single flying mount has a misty particle effect behind it, such that I can't really enjoy the view if I'm on the move. It's so distracting and annoying that I decided to make a post on MMO-C about it.
As far as I know, it's not possible to remove this effect, but maybe one of you could tell me if there's actually a flying mount that doesn't have it?