Didnt bother reading the whole thread but i feel the same way. Monster hunting is kinda fun but besides being kinda fun its turned essentially useless, training any skill is just a matter of getting some money by merching and then grinding (or just grinding at no cost). Things dont really have an incentive anymore that make you do them and make you feel satisfied when you have, at least it is that way for me. Before free trade i used to do farm runs just because i could, and to increase bank worth. Now it is possible to make 10x that in less time (you can also lose it of course, but the point still applies: money feels worthless). But meh it's probably better for the game, lots of people seem to enjoy staking/pking all day