I actually 100% agree with you. I’ve said this before in another thread, I thought it was horribly stupid how much of a content drought 9.0 was in and yet content that existed and that was in my opinion fun was gated behind anima grinding (which sucked in 9.0), gated behind an “attunement” that was mostly just tedious, gated behind a ticket system, timegated by souls, etc.
Most of these problems are gone now though. Anima is plentiful, the ticket system is gone, you can fly in older zones, the souls time-gate is gone, etc. Additionally, the fights are easier.
If these are the reasons you held off, it is much better now.