Decent Skill Glitching is Back

All of which go towards maxing the amount of mesos you can get, which are already too easily maxed, or towards again raising stats.
it's all stat whoring.
You can solo virtually any boss in the game.
Friends have been made absolutely meaningless, they're all pursuing their own objectives and have little to no need to interact except to do things like LHC, which is just more endless grinding and not chit chat.

You're enjoying the game, good for you. Enjoy it while you can. It's not made to last.

If that's how you feel about the friend's you've made online, then that's your problem. The friends I've made online I do care about and I do do things with them, quite often actually.

As long as there's new content to explore, I will enjoy it.