I'm starting to agree. I've played religiously since Jan. 2014 and I'm starting to get bored too. I was in a group with A1S and A2S on farm that ended up splitting right when Midas came out. So, I moved over to Gilgamesh in hopes of finding a new fresh group to join. Nope, nothing. The very few fresh groups I see are looking for tanks or melee, never healers or casters (my roles of choice) or they are fresh new statics who want hours that don't work for me (super late night, or middle of the day).

So, I said screw it. I'll get back into crafting. I had all but two of the crafters at 50, so I've been working on leveling/gearing them. Have GSM and LTW at 60, and WVR at 58. However, now that I'm finally starting to want to improve my gear for my 60s, I'm noticing how insane it is just to be able to craft 2-star items, let alone 3-star, and realizing it will take 9 weeks to obtain three main hands. Is it worth it? I don't know anymore.

I used to love doing relics. Now, I can't even make myself finish the first i210 I've been slowly working on for months and months. Main reason being extremely expensive HQ crafted items, and a lot of them. I try doing Diadem gathering in the hopes of building up spoils to get crafting materia to be able to make my own relic items, but literally no one does Diadem. PFs sit for hours on end with two people in them, yet it's blocked so you can't even enter to gather unless you have a full group of 8.

I totally know what the OP is referring to in regard to the state of this game.

If you're happy doing easy things like Midas normal and roulettes all the time, you're good. If you're in a hardcore static clearing Savage Midas, you're good too. But, if you're like me, wanting that midcore content, you might be really struggling to continue to log in everyday.