I only agree with a few of your points. I personally love the story.
Y'shtola looks amazing.

They've announced new dungeons.

Bismarck and Ravana are less about being easy and more about coordination, it's tough to beat them with a Pug.

I don't think skill bloat is as bad as people think it is, sure by next expantion and no fat trimming it will be. You can cram your bars on to 2 and a bit for the most part, 4 is overkill so I don't know what you're doing.

I'm fine with the crafting system, I'm not fine with the end result.

Bad players exist. They want to play too. I can only recommend finding friends with similar views. Having the "No baddies" option ticked would leave most of the player population in each others less than capable hands, with zero hope of learning due to not having someone skillful and perceptive to help them.