Yeah, they announced it like an update that would have increased cooperation but there is no cooperation at all, just people who think that is better ignore each other instead of doing war. Chainless quests were much more fun.
Also like Italia says it destroyed ingame economy, repair scrolls price skyrocketed and bg and lab drops are now cheap, so bosses they come from have become useless.
Also, bg shadow set looks in now horrible - brown, who the hell thought that brown would have been a nice colour!? It looks like shit!