I understand and agree with your concerns. They are valid and resonate with a large section of the player base , current, and former. The game itself has gradually shifted away from an open world with opportunities to make new friends, join up with randoms to finish or start public events.. The LFG , despite what the minority of people think , is absolutely unfriendly to those who need help. It's an egregious oversight, to say the least. They refuse to turn on matchmaking for all activities, something elitists praise and claim it would not be fun because random people aren't good.. then, in the same breath, encouraging LFG/FTF , which in and of itself is literally based on finding random people to play with.. It's contradictory and uncomfortable to even think about because you'd have to subdue logic. The grinding, then making the decision to make grinding even more frustrating with a new portal system.. Sunsetting, nerfing, modifiers resetting power , gatekeeping content , and on and on. I get it.