Sorry but no.  Knowing "several" people out of millions of players that managed to do this without really knowing their spend in time and money and just your speculation does not make it the norm.  There is a reason 650 is literally the one percent.  

Even assuming 200 an hour this assumes your supposed narchillan geared new player won't be bullied out of any profitable grind spot and can maximize grinding. This would still take 3 hours of pure grind a day, with no time spent doing anything else, and always maximizing efficiency in their narchillan gear in top end competitive spots.  Just lol.  If you think even 3 hours every single day of just grinding let alone any other time you spend is not hardcore just because it's not 8 hours a day you have a warped reality for the typical adult. 

your suggestion of setting aside 5 hours every single day for active bdo even more so. 

if not spending 5 hours a day in a mind-numbing grind is "sucking" at BDO, I'd rather suck at BDO than suck at life. 

Was the 1%, the 1% is over 700 GS now, those of us who were 600GS are up to where they were 2 years ago.  Quite literally the 650 players are just getting the leftovers from the 700+ GS players.

As for the Narchillia gear, people who are 650+ and 700+ are grinding better areas, Braghi Den and Stars End are still nice, but they are not optimal and thus left alone because there are better places to go.

Right...because I PERSONALLY know EVERY SINGLE PERSON that plays this game.  The percentage of players that I know that plays this game to the percentage of players I know that has done this is something like 10%.  And many of the players who has not done this was not because they could not, but because they choose not to.  Like say...ME. 

And yes, that is 3 hours of pure grind you need...which means with all the other stuff, you are looking at 4-5 hours of active play time...hence why the estimated time needed for 6 months to 650 I gave you was 4-5 hours.  Also, the main point of this game IS THE GRIND.  If you find that mind numbing...maybe not only do you suck at the game, but this game is probably not for you to begin with.  And yes, I do consider that 4-5 hours a day for a game is pretty hardcore...but that is not a second job level that you claimed.  Nor is it outside the realm of possibility for many who play MMOs.  And the 2-3 hours which is much more reasonable levels of play time, you are looking at around a year.   Once again, just because YOU can't or don't want to do it does not mean it can not be done.

Completely agree.  There really is nothing to "get good" at.  Rolling your face across your keyboard for 5 hours a day until you fall asleep, or getting lucky when you click a button for enhancement does not require any skill or talent.

I got from full TET everything to full PEN armor and weapons + TET yellow accs in about 9 months, give or take.  Full TET is a bit stronger than what new players will start out with, but just roll Succ Striker for a grinding class.  Easy to play and OP AF.

2 - 3 hours active on average.  Some days, I would skip out on grinding to then make up for on Sunday, my dedicated "me" day, but I'd say averaged out, 2 - 3 hours a day, give or take.

I try to grind at least one hour a day, and with my AFK fishing, a "lazy day" like this will net me at least 300 mil.  Some days, I don't even grind.  And yes.  I have an adult life.  Tyvm.  Really need to start my farms.  I'm a super lazy player, TBH.

People who don't want BDO to change for a more western taste of gameplay are those who have already wasted their life on this at-best-mediocre video game.

Yeah that means you Werbs, in particular.

I can have 700gs with planner :D

real photo~ not a planner just creat 21hours ago , is it hard???

and any ranger know that dp is useless , so most of them come with full ap gear , you use 2 nerc ???

I mainly grind Turos, as I said I use 2x Tet Dawns for PvP when I have to.

Now keep in mind I bought both Narcs at 22b when the price dropped last summer after they gave away free Tet Narcs to everyone.

This means that for 3b more each over Tet Distos I lose 6 sheet AP, which is 1 bracket for a total of 13 AP.  However I gain 18 DR and a full bracket, meaning the Turos don't do shit for damage.  But wait there is more, since Turos are Kamasylvia mobs, I get 8 Damage to Kamasylvia mobs each, meaning that instead I gain 3 AP vs Turos, Olums, and Thornwood.

As for the "and any ranger know that dp is useless " you are flat out wrong.  If you are stacking DR it's not useless, or if you are stacking Evasion it's not useless.  It is very very hard to just 1 combo me.

You asked for my Gear SS when the servers were down, so I did the best I could to accomidate you.  It's not like I'm posting a planner of pen fallen god, 6x 80b pen accessories, and pen Blackstar everything.  Plus a SS wouldn't show caphras levels or Crystals.  If I was going to "just make it up" I wouldn't link 2x Pen narcs, rather I would link Pen Turo belts, Pen Dawns earring or some shit, with C20 everything.  Also that's not even 700GS, it's what I would call a weak 670 GS, or if I was using my Dawns and Nouver, it's only 651 GS.

Well, this devolved into another virtual shouting match quickly.

While the topic poster means well, the game's systems and mechanics mean that players are incentivized to make other players quit, since outside of a few scenarios (World/Field Bosses, summon scrolls, etc), another player showing up is at least a potential hindrance, regardless of whether they intend to be or not.

And, in the end, it may be better in the long run for them to just leave, thus sparing them the depression that comes later on, cruel as that may seem to say.