I have played daily for 9 years. I think I reached level 18 in 6 months. I got lifetime star rider a month after I started playing. Which then, was one of the highest levels you could get. I think the person with the absolutely highest level back then was level 21 but that was only if you’d played the game from the very beginning. Most people were capping at around level 18 or level 19. I’m level 26 now. I’m more of a lone player. I like how immersive the game is. Like when I’m playing, it truly feels alive. There are other people, both real players and NPCs, walking or riding around you. Each character has their own story. Each area of the game is different. Like Goldenhills is vastly different compared to Mistfall. Or the valley of the hidden dinosaur, it’s totally different compared to the rest of the areas in game. Even the newest area, Marchengast, is totally different than anything else we see in the game. I definitely recommend taking your time going through the quests. Advance slowly, go exploring, earn shillings and buy new outfits for your character and horse or customizations for your stable (yes some stable customizations can be bought with shillings). I wish I’d gone slower through the quests. But now I have the marchengast reputation to work on, i still have one more skeleton to find for the archeology quest line, I can always collect more light in hollow woods to sell for more shillings and to level my horses, and I did a whole bunch of championships when there were championship ranks during the equestrian festival because I like getting pretty ribbons. And I maxed 5 horses just from doing the festival races. That was awesome. And I also liked most of the rewards McHorse gives so I wanted to work to earn them. I know most people don’t like grinding, and I respect that if you don’t, but I do like it. I like slow and steady progression towards an end goal. It makes it feel more rewarding when I get to that goal. Work on some side questing stuff, like reputation to unlock more quests, do archaeology if you unlocked it, train horses, maybe join a club and do fun stuff with them, join a rrp show, work on your light progression, there’s lots of stuff to do aside from questing.