3.0 is a joke - I don't recall ever losing stuff in 2.4, for a start. I don't see why they still have Triple Triad, I only ever played it on the first couple of levels, and only because I needed the money that bad. Items used to make weapons and such take absolutely FOREVER to get - and that's just the crap drops. With bots, they take an absolute eternity to do anything with them. The Rage meter resets after each fight, defeating the purpose of having it to begin with. As for parties, all it means is n00bs get to piggyback the real players and get to places and complete quests they in no way are entitled to, and if one person suddenly decides halfway through a fight to idle, the whole thing grinds to a halt. Parties = completely and utterly redundant. And I don't see the point of having a shoutbox for it if the only thing it does is use up bandwidth because no one uses it (and that was on KHI of all places, Goddamnit!). Plus, the battle jukebox has not worked for me, I don't think it has for anyone.
Sorry, but I will not play an inferior RPG. 2.4 is infinitely superior.