The solo vs party argument is as old as me, man. And I'm in my mid-20's.

The patch came out a few hours ago. Get creative. If you're honestly too impatient to try a few things out and, as I had already said, feel out the changes for a couple weeks, then I have to say you're being immature.

Either actually try or go play a game more compatible with your needs.
Have you even bothered to attempt low level soloing? If you have, you'll realize that what you are saying is asinine. It doesn't take a couple weeks to realize that battles take SIGNIFICANTLY longer now, mobs hit harder, and our characters have considerably less health. My level 8 lnc has 180 hp. 4 hits and I'm dead. There is no "get creative" for that. It's either a very poor oversight by SE, or a system that is so grindy and stupid that most of the low level players of this game will quit within a few weeks.