Not sure if this was mentioned or not but I'll say it anyway... Especially since I refuse to read all 11pages of this.

The Grind is necessary from a game play perspective. It isn't necessarily an "omgwtfbbqAMAZINGGGG!!!!111oneoneone"
but it does accomplish two very important facts necessary to be able to do endgame content successfully.

1. It teaches you to play your job class.

2. It teaches you to play with others.

I can't tell how how annoying it is having someone at level cap who doesn't know how to play with others or their job class for that matter. I've experienced this in other games- it really is something you can't get away from. I mean, you'll run into idiots everywhere but I don't want to have that be server wide.