MOVED: Why is the game getting worse? What's the best version to play?

Originally posted by Cerbrosyn: I think you didn't understand my question

I think you didn’t provide any specificity on what “worse” means to you, on which one could base a recommendation. If you simply want to know what version people think is best to play, with no caveats, then why not search for “best alpha?” or similar, and read up on the existing discussions on that topic?