You should have seen it aroun-ish version 2.0
It was bugged even more than today, thralls could not even follow you properly, they were getting stuck on the bends in the dungeons or were simply disappearing somewhere and you had to solo the dungeon etc.
But then they started to make this game easy, they removed the old Purge, there was an action counter before and the purge eventually attacked you, diverse purge depending on where you lived (different factions attacked not only Stygians like today). And it could destroy your base to the last building block.
They nerfed NPCs so they are so deaf and blind today (aggro radius) that the game looks broken.
Then the loot and rebalance of things, there is a lot of everything piling up, you have to build dozens of chests and fridges every day if you were to pick it all up. fights are much easier, too easy.
The overall feel of original Conan Exiles is gone now. The c00l looking maps is all that’s left. The game is too easy, there is no danger anymore, and it all makes CE not exciting and boring compared to what it was. It’s not a survival game anymore.