Only you know if the desire to build a plane is there.
Right now I am in the kit building mode, but I can understand why so many people only want to own ARF's.
Of course this being the kit builders forum you are getting the build it blitz.
Many post here that their kit built plane is superior to the ARF, if that is really true good for them.
While I have seen works of art most of the time I see planes that wish they were built / covered as good as an ARF.
You know how you build them, and you also know how the ARF's are being built today.
I just saw a giant Aeromaster ARC, wow is the only thing I can say about it. The workmanship was outstanding, every joint was near perfect. If this was offered in a 60 size I might go for it myself.
The one thing that I really agree with that was previously stated in the thread is that i don't really "care" about the ARF's that I own, but I do care about the kit planes that I have built.
Only you know how you feel about that too, and sometimes i prefer to fly a plane that I don't really care about, its not that I want to crash it, but if it happens I don't feel personal loss.