I have pretty much stopped playing native in lieu of crpg, this is mostly due to I get on average 40 more ping on the gon servers which doesn't go well with them using faster game speed, also on crpg I always get to play with the type of equipment I want, I often only get to play for 30 minutes or so some days and you often get stuck on crap factions for longer then that.
While skilled low level players do stand a chance against higher levels in crpg, this is becoming much less so now that people other then low skilled players like Murtagh or Vaim are highlevel, though the skill level is still not that high. Your not going to have much of a chance if your fighting thorn who is in full plate and has some ridiculous overpowered weapon with a stupid name for instance.
Also where the hell do you get akkadian that it takes 3-4 hours to get to level 24, unless you are meaning farming on the us/euro servers which doesn't really count.