What's good about this game?

[Niwashi]

The Lodestone is saying you're a level 48 Rogue, but not a Ninja. Is that just Lodestone screwing up your profile with incomplete info? (It does that sometimes.) Or did you actually advance that far without unlocking your job?

If it's the later, then that's why combat seems stale. You've gone to 48 while still playing as if you were at 26. Unlock your job, get caught up on all your job quests, and see if you still find it boring while incorporating your ninjutsu skills.

As for the story, it has its peaks and dips. Personally, I find most of it enjoyable and some of its highlights great, but even I see some troublesome pacing issues at times. Where are you at in the story? If we knew that, it'd be easier to say whether you're just at a slow point that'll get better soon, or whether you don't like even the parts considered good which would suggest it may just not be to your taste.