Are static groups simply the now accepted reality for endgame progression?

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While this is true, clicks are always a thing. What isnt helping is that the endgame supports this, over allowing the players to form a community to help each other.

... over allowing the players to form a community to help each other?! This thread does not compute. Everything that the OP and others seem to be calling out as problematic seem like overwhelming positives to me.