I also see a drop in the drawing quality, but I've see far worse and I'm glad the story continues. Honestly, it's not too bad. Not really good, but not too bad either. Not sure about the complains about the pacing. It didn't strike me as noteworthy. As long as the characters don't start to act too dumb/unbelievable/derailed/tooFarOffTheirInitialCharacterization, it's not that bad.
@CptHornSwoggle:
First, I'm also confused about that.
Second, you don't have to
read mind annoying comments, especially those aimed at you. Don't let them get to you. 😉
Third, I'm sorry, but I didn't get your last sentence,
"Like you get to read this with some better art then most of you all can do so its getting annoying that everyone's complaining." Was your argument, that >
People complaining even though they can't draw well themselves< or >
The story would be the same, even with better artstyle.< or am I totally amiss?