The plot is there, but you need to read all the quest blurb carefully to pick it up, it is also very slow to form and more apparent as you complete more quests and gain more levels. At the end of the day, most of the enjoyment of the game is from the multiplayer aspect and the roleplay of creating your own plots and schemes.

There is a group of people on both sides on our server who are well up for rp events and who will react to things that do not have tangible in game rewards. You just need to learn to avoid the cockmaggots