I fell off around the same time, but I think they’ve finally gotten back to a good place. There’s a lot of weird toys to play with, and they’ve added enough bespoke mechanics to monsters that it feels like a part of the game, instead of just manticores and the Shoals monsters behaving differently from everything else. They’ve also gotten their heads out of their asses about difficulty, and the main menu acknowledges that some species are easier than others.