As a casual player who played Rose not too long ago around 6 years ago I really resonate with your opinion. I play both PvM and PvP, but I prefer PvP. I agree that PvP is quite quiet these days and finding members for PvM dungeons is challenging. However, I always ask my clannies first to join me in dungeons. I know it's still in early access, and I'm eagerly awaiting a big change/update for this current version of Rose.
I often think that developing this current version of Rose is tough. As a software engineer (not in game development, though), I believe that creating new features often leads to buggy issues, highlighting the challenges with the existing legacy code. Developing with legacy code is truly a pain. I think this is their main problem too. Again, I just want to experience how they feel in the development process. And I am also not subscribing to their Ko-Fi page where technical things are written.
I was excited when I first heard that Rose was making a comeback with new devs. I genuinely appreciate what they've done in the last year, addressing issues like disconnecting, duping, and abusing in-game features and also nerfing things in game. But look at how everything is fixed and improved now.
I love that there is an ideas section on the forum where players can share their ideas to make Rose better. I've really enjoyed playing Rose over the last year.
I agree with @kaiserkiva statement above, maybe we need some rest or still keep playing.
Regardless, I'm currently on hiatus as a Rose player, waiting for 2024 in hopes of some significant changes for the current Rose. I believe in “new year new good things will happen”. Also, happy anniversary, Rose Online!
