Yes one of the key points is playing with other people but there is not a reason to. I can't farm mats with a friend then sell them, buy stuff or merch. its literally an IRONMAN in any other game you cannot interact with other people with a benefit …
"This is an MMO for a reason." doesn't work with reboot its literally single player. Whenever they make trading a thing on reboot is when i will care about other players i just want to level up alts for link skills.