Again, your way of playing isn't for everyone. You can't make people play your way. By your logic I can say you will never get the chance to experience "actually playing" AO because I know you have NEVER had to lvl a froob up to lvl 200 before notum wars and shadowlands. Well maybe you should be "forced" to. So that I can say you are "properly" playing AO now. Until you lvl up a froob to 200 you aren't actually "playing" AO.
Doesn't that sound silly? Why would anyone do that when they can do daily missions/quests/dojas and get better xp in shadowlands? Same token why would anyone grind xp running up and down the brink when their goal is to get to end game and there are easier faster ways to do it?