The game isn't as hard as it used to be, but still has challenges. When you can solo Rani or Raja 'easily' or Kirin 'easily' then the game has gotten too easy. They did make the Wyrm King fight too easy with brew and that's a shame. But some of the old ways were crap. CoP was too hard (and I almost quit way back then over it). But Nyzul Isle is still a challenge. Limbus, Einherjar, VNM T3, etc is still challenging. If you're not doing those then you're missing out on alot of the {fun}.

Just coz they made Abyssea doesn't mean you have to spend all day, every day there

To me its still 'just a game' and shouldn't involve unbelievably hard content that can't be low-manned by seasoned players.