Jumping in to give some feedback as well.
As someone who purchased Ylands during the Beta before it was free to play, I can say that the online aspect has saved the game for me. Online multiplayer is really the only reason that I even picked this game back up consistently especially once I found P1.
The lack of attention to the multiplayer servers is disheartening but overall the improvements to game-play options that I've seen since the beta are...