It is easier to think of the devs as malicious because the more correct solution, incompentence, would leave you really depressed about the state of the game. It's easier to think a bunch of devs laughing, "Haha they won't be able to link their loots in chat!" then "We don't know how to get links to loots working in chat". It's amazing how low standards people have, or maybe they actually believe not being able to link item in chat, or that you've to drop your party to do a solo instance is somehow adding anything in the game. The technical limitation of this game is absurd to the point acceptance is not an answer, unless you accept that this game simply has no future, because that's the only conclusion you can draw when the game is missing so many fundamental elements.