Another (virtual) hunter here. This game is a pearl, just a little expensive for my taste (the ingame currency for example).
One has to invest a nice sum to enjoy everything the game has to offer - but still, its everyones choice how much to spend on it...
I just reactivated my membership for 3 month and went to explore Hirschfelden and its new prey a little more. And I was very lucky as well.
My new favorite weapon is definately the Recurve Bow with illuminated arrows. They help a ton to track and find wounded animals - and look fancy.