I realize you are stuck in the old mindset of playing the game to achieve things but that isn't what people on these boards want. They want to be able to port instantly anywhere, auto-level to 50, and pick whatever gear they want. Because that will let them have fun.
2/10, you'd best be trollin' son.

What players want is enough actual content to carry them through the grind. Quests and story and missions and events and instanced raids and things like that. Fun stuff. If there's enough fun stuff to carry us all to 50 none of us would be complaining about a grind because it would be non-existent.

When you have to grind to get to the fun stuff, that's when there's a problem. Make the fun stuff part of the grind, I say.