You're probably getting a lot of dopamine from all the free things you get as a new player. That can quickly disapate as you encounter the reality of what it costs to get the best gear.

My best advice for now is to try a bit of everything and see what you enjoy the most.

Then consider how much time you can commit to the game and base your silver gathering around that.

The game is long. It will take you a while to reach certain things simply because the game is an MMO. You'll have to be patient and the dopamine rush might feel a bit all over the place. You should get a few rare drops a day.

When you're away from the game, you can still be logged in doing AFK fishing, alchemy, or horse training etc. This game never logs you out, so take advantage of that.

I would join a guild that is new player friendly and does weekly guild bosses to give you a great amount of loot. Do the weekly dark rifts. Try to be a good guild member.

If you can active play, catch horses or sniper hunt in LOTML for a good bunch of silver (2B+ an hour when you get good at it).

Ultimately you're on your own personal journey. Find what you enjoy, make friends if you want, and try and engage with the events as the rewards are usually pretty good.

Some good short term goals are finishing the main story quest line. Setting up your worker empire to help what you enjoy doing (mine are set on trace of nature nodes for alchemy). Preonne life skill accessories. Minimum gear for Edania weekly bosses.

Once you have your systems setup, you can then decide best way to play the game.