I'm at endgame basically, still not good, still cart a whole lot, but I play very often and enjoy the community and the hunts.
I enjoy crafting, and the grindy but very achievable way armour and weapons are crafted and upgraded.

While I love how decorations can change how you play drastically, the hunt for them is ludicrous.

How many people would not have any really good decos if not for the developers realizing how much things suck and creating "The Greatest Jagras" and "The names Lavasioth" ?

I do not enjoy the RNG with decos, and I refuse to even look at KT after grinding her for half a month to get a particular weapon.

I'm very much looking forward to Iceborn and will enjoy the UPGRADE and story continuance and learning and dying from new fun monsters, and changing up my decos and armours to compensate for new behaviors.

I'm over 500Hrs in, and as much fun as the game has been, I cannot imagine starting over when the sequel is made. I've captured Jaggy, and lavafish, save scummed my Guard Up and Mind's Eye deco's and it's a horrible chore.

Yes, I know I could do like some of you and just accept the word of RNGesus, and play naked if he so will it, but no. It's a game where my desire to max my gear impacts only me, even if I join a hunt.

I just don't see myself buying the sequel to do it all over again.