I'm already at lvl 58. And as a character with NO master class, who hasn't abused any bugs for lvling, it is a HUGE undertaking just to get where I am now. Not to mention all the haggling, buying and re-selling of dogis and dogi accessories I had to do in order to accumulate a respectable amount of zenni.
Why put all the time and effort into this? Certainly NOT for other people. I have encountered many broken quests and game glitches all over the place that make lvling even harder. But I don't go and report it on the forum. Why? Because i'm playing this game FOR ME, not for anyone else. After waiting 3 long years, FINALLY having the opportunity to play a game that had a huge, positive influence on my life again is a chance I can't just merely give up. I truly do believe that the project may never move into proper Open Beta, as I detailed in my Kid Clocks Ahoy thread. I was originally planning on waiting til the game moved out of pre-open to invest any time into it, but as things are #1 I have a lot of free time on my hands NOW, and it is likely that I won't in the future due to Uni work in January, and #2 I don't want to pass up my chance of playing DBO again if there is the slightest possibility of the game getting C&D'd