Yeah, it's a shame. I guess they had some reasons for doing this, maybe to avoid lag? I haven't experienced any kind of lag yet playing and that's probably because we have our own servers. Maybe it's for the better since even the slightest lag during an intense bossfight could be fatal.
@Scorp: Yeah, I'm looking forward to some more as well especially once I'm out of those freaking low HRs. The bosses I'd like to do with other people because they're still a pain in the ass for me are all HR18+ or even higher. Not to mention I really need some high rank mats for my weapons.
I'm going to buy some cheap ass keyboard soon for it too because I can already see, I'm going to spend LOTS of time playing online. Oh and I'm gonna be online around evening again when I can snag the keyboard. It's just too painful otherwise.