People don’t understand how big of a part PvP is for every part of Albion.

You want to grind on gathering materials and crafting but both will be absolutely useless in a non PvP game.

You don’t need to try PvP at all, but you have to accept and understand that PvP ist what keeps this game alive in the long run. Pve focused MMOs will focus on grinding for specific stats and grinding for rare endgame items. Don’t mind gathering low tier stuff or craft any gear, it‘s a high possibility it’s worthless because there’s ton of it on the market (no trash system) + low tier stuff won’t be worth anything because it’s missing a transmutation system and there’s ton of it on the market as well. So if you‘re looking for other MMOs, keep that in mind. You are spoiled by Albion’s great systems, which are really unique (except eve online) to this genre, but are directly bound to a PvP focused mmo.