I appreciate your opinion here and ability to see past your own preference. forums would be much better places if more people did this.
I used to be what I would consider hardcore, but life doesn't allow for it any longer. Which is not the games fault, but I loved being able to progress solo a few hours a night. That progress is now slowed to a crawl, spending hours on content that used to take minutes. I'd like to see some changes to allow us to keep solo'ing.
I'm not opposed to grouping or guilds. But grouping is way too hit or miss to want to take part in too often.. and guilds, usually just a number and while they all state how helpful and active they are, the reality always seems to be the opposite.