Am I just old fashioned?

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because some people are straight up anti social.

the real problem is forcing 90% of the game to require a group. people want to play a game if most of the game is looking for other people to play with it's not much of a game.

players who start when it's new will have no issues but as less and less people are in these area's and content they wait longer and longer.

Players can get 1-50 not talking to anyone, suddenly content requires you to interact with other human beings.