u/anotherdayanotherpoo

Hello all. I have been playing BDO for awhile and really enjoyed the grind / combat. It felt like complex dynasty warriors the MMO. Exactly up my alley. However the more I played and researched I just can't get onboard with the p2w and the needlessly numerous systems and what not. Is there anything that can be recommended which fills that desire to slaughter waves of enemies while grinding for loot / exp?

I was a big time wow player both classic and retail (almost every expansion) and I played gw2 but didn't really connect with it.