partly, but progressing needs to be a part of it. The entire Game should be fun. Grinding as the only option to get progress is NOT fun. Its frustrating, limiting and takes away from what the game has to offer. The reason endgame players are where are where they are is caue they enjoy grinding for hundreds of hours. Most ppl cant afford to do that, most ppl dont think grinding is fun, hence why BDO is not the most succesful MMORPG in thw world (it definitley could if it reworked progress). I want to combine fun activities WITH progress. Its not outrageous, its not even a crazy amount, but it will get more ppl to endgame and more ppl to enjoy endgame PvP activities like Nodewars and Sieges, where GS above 650+ is almost mandatory. And yes, 650 is "easy" to archieve, just grind for ~500hrs. My friends, sure you will reason this is just that kind of game, but it doesnt make it okay.

i can agree that AoS is taking away from the open world. But what does the open world have to offer? Lifeskills, can be fun, barely any progress tho, in essence you play it only if you enjoy it or you have a passive setup with a monthly 80€ energy bill. Ocean content is the same, can be fun, no progress... You can play the story. You can grind - not fun for most, most progress - why? Cause its the main part of the game i guess. Nodewars/Siege may be considered open world. But you cant participate if you dont have a certain GS so you have to grind.

Open world PvP is filled with ppl getting upset about getting griefed, or ppl griefing grinders that just want to progress, so PA is slowly deincentivising it.

So there are a couple things but in comparison to how much you need to do everything to progress it vanishes. You might complain about me mentioning progress so much and that its not about that. You're lying. There is no content besides AoS that doesnt need insane amounts of silver to progress further and there is no other goal besides progress. 

PvP requires Gear

Lifeskills requires Gear

Ocean Content requires Gear

This game is about Gear

They just dont want you to have it. Cause if they do why would they take it away again?

I think everything  should be similar money per hour based on gearscorw. Since  the higher you go up in score the more money you need per hour. I personally don't think instances are an issue if they tie it to the world. Shake bay had a great idea to have dungeon keys drop from the group grind areas. And that alone limits those entries. But what about shadow arena? Altar of Blood?  Tower defense with rifles Rift thing. All of these can work in the game as either  a weekly participation reward or just rotate what's available every month. Variety is needed in bdo. That's what prevents burnout.

That variety also needs to be worth people's time spent doing it.

then what you are actually looking for is not a MMO but a MOBA or even a Battle royal game, it seems weird to me that you havent realized yet.

those kind of ppl perfectly aware of what they want, problem is they sux to compete with players in that category

Those games are long term open world progression based now,  with a competative in game trade market?

If so then yes it's what I'm looking for as well