So I was thinking...

is there a website or does anyone know the actual percentage of players with like over 300AP and 400DP, have all the mythical horses or even a couple of them?

Ive been playing this game since launch, about 35000 hours I think,  and I have come to the conclusion that I totally suck at this game! Im only lvl 61, at 262AP and 308DP, 586 Energy 439CP, one dream horse that i made before they were given out, that one hurt a bit. Only one PEN gear because i think i got that for free and the enchanement system is a utterly a complete joke of a system that is broken beyond belief!

I try to play as much as I can, a few hours a day and allot of weekends, which in my opnion isnt casual but it seems to get anywhere in this game you have to play 8-10 hours a day 7 days a week!!

I mean its crazy!! the grind level on this game is off the chart and it doesnt even reward you for that grind because of the insanely heavily weighted aginast you RNG system?!

I really dont know how players do it?! I must really be totally sucky at this game! 

and to top it off all the new content, like new area's are for people who have like 650gs+ which is totally unfair! I cannot play the new stuff effectively! I totally suck at FS building purely becuase I have no idea how to do it effectly and the youtube vids just make it look so complicated at it isnt explained slowly and properly. 

Am I the only one thinking this? How are players doing it? I'm watch these twitch streams and they are all like level 64-66, 650-700Gs, all the horses, all the cool stuff? how are they doing it?

I really must suck!

OP  you just playing your own sandbox game as it seemse, so its very questionable why you worry about others. Also PA owe you nothing, they should not  change new content because you don't play, if you wish to play PVE part of the game, there is plenty of content already for you, go and do it.

For example  439CP probably will place you into top 10% by max CP.

Yes, to be productive with your time you have to spend it wisely. Getting guaranteed boss jetina quest done and abyss quest for another free pen will already set you higher than this if you did the adventure logs with capotia and season rewards.

Talking as a returning player that never received a dream horse and made it higher in about a week only playing several hours a day. If you want you can lookup the 700gs challenge on yt - might clear things up a bit. If this aint a troll post ofc

Everything is fine with you. How many players with lvl 66 have 586 Energy and 439CP? Not very many. You probably also have relatively developed life skills, you have built a carrack, etc. By playing since premiere, using all bonuses such as scrolls, 1000% exp events, etc. lvl 66 is not unusual. Just like many other players: YOU DON'T PLAY FOR LVL. Thats all. BDO has huge content and much of it does not involve killing hundreds of thousands of mobs and gaining levels.

This is my witch alt and all the items are event and season rewards. Pen Tuvala made with the 100% stones you get 1 of per season, mainhand + awa weapon have similar stats as pen Tuvala and are both event rewards. All 6 Capotia accs are also handouts from various events and activites. Even the outfit is an event reward. Char is also lvl 61 because thats usually the last step of lvlup rewards for the seasons.

If you had put any effort into gearing the last few years or grinded mobs, be it for inf pots, map pieces or any other reason, you would be above your current gs and lvl.

You know best yourself what you spend your gametime on and if youre having fun you shouldnt change it nor compare yourself against ppl that messure their silver/h in their activities, which I dont even do.

At one point PA released those stats, and they may at the upcoming Calpheon Ball.  IIRC, the % above 700 gs was below 20%

Actually it more than likely is alot more. Because all the people who threw away thousands of hours for little to no gains below 700GS have already quit. Thus bringing the percentage of 700+GS players to higher than 75%. Because they are the players that actually got lucky or whaled enough to have enough gear to play the meat and potatoes of BDO.

Focusing only on gear progress I reached 720 GS in pvp gear, 708 GS in pve in less than year. Hard to say how many hours it took me, because I do not know number of hours spent on afk sailing, fishing, training horse. Refering to your meme well yea a lot of people I know in my guild log in only to chat with others or do afk/semi afk things.

below 10 for sure

8000 hours in and still Tuvula for life. Whenever I try to bug myself towards that boring solo Jetina questline I decide to rather clean my room or go to the dentist.

I used to love grinding in a group and gearing up for OwPvP back in Lineage 2, Aion, Blade n Soul but here it´s so meaningless...