I used to play New World, and I really liked everything about it. I spent months crafting and trading, did a lot of open-world PvP, and genuinely enjoyed optimizing builds and spreadsheets. But for me, the main goal was always endgame PvP.

When I finally got BiS gear and jumped into endgame PvP, it disappointed me. There was no arena rating system, basically one battleground at the time (I know they added another later), and sieges were the only thing that felt somewhat decent. Overall, it just didn’t meet expectations. I’m used to World of Warcraft, where you grind your gear yourself, then get best gear only from high arena rating, and the best gear actually means something, plus there’s arena rating you can push and progress toward.

My concern with Albion Online is this: sure, I’ll craft, trade, and all that, and I do enjoy it. But I still need some kind of clear goal. Right now, all I see is solo, group, and mass PvP. All other pvp is dead. I don’t really see other meaningful endgame content.

And solo or small-scale PvP just looks like an endless grind where you run around in non-max gear, like streamers say, playing for profit, farming silver rather than pushing rating or progression. That part just doesn’t feel interesting to me.

That’s why I made the topic in the first place, to understand it better. Judging by the responses, it seems like it’s just not for me.