The only people who think that way are the people who have been in the game for years.
I only started playing in February and I have learned a lot in that time but I have a lot more things to learn and explore and I'm still really enjoying it and expect to for quite some time. What other people do (PK at bosses etc.) is none of my concern. If someone tries to PK me I make a very quick judgement call, sometimes that judgement call is wrong, but usually it is right. If I am vastly overpowered then I will just TT. If I think I have a good chance to win then I will maybe stay and fight if I can be bothered, or maybe TT if I can't be bothered at that time. Some people like to call me names because of that, and that has a 0% chance of changing my mind lol. I play the way I play, and nobody will change that.
But anyway, there are a lot of aspects to this game
- Hardcore levelling
- Easy levelling (places with less exp but less effort/cost)
- Regular bosses (can be solo'd or small group)
- Hard bosses (need group)
- Big group hunting in premium caves for exp/drops
- Quests
- PVP in the field
- PVP in safe areas (@pvp)
- Crafting
So many people will pick one or two of these aspects and focus on them, and say that the other things are boring. Those people get bored quickly. I do all of the things above in small amounts, a bit of everything. That variety is what keeps the game alive for me, if I am doing one thing and get a bit bored I'll just stop and do something else, then go back to the other thing after a few days or weeks. There's always something else to try. Don't be so matter of fact about exp and materialism, you'll never hear me saying "I don't hunt X because I get no exp/drops" or whatever, quite often I'll hunt stuff that's utterly useless just because it's a bit of fun. People who take this direction will enjoy the game so much more.
It's also the reason I keep a large gap in the levels between my chars. I could have all 3 of my chars to low/mid 140's by now, but then I'd be hunting mostly the same stuff on all of them, going to the same caves/bosses etc. With levels
150/132/99 I can decide "I fancy killing X, which char will that be a challenge on" and go on that char. If I want to kill Slicer I'll go on my warr because it's a fun challenge, too easy on 150 wiz and too hard on 99 tao, warr is goldilocks zone for this boss. Same applies for anything else, I can kill groundmover very easily on wiz or warr but on tao it is a really fun and difficult challenge.
Maybe if you're bored make some new character, craft some really good spec low level kit and go hunt somewhere you haven't been in a while.