Fractured is the exact inverse of Albion Online. Albion is a faux-open-ended game that nonetheless has a strictly tiered progression system and still forces you into hardcore PVP at the high end. In addition, due to how difficult it is to raise skill in anything, most players are forced to specialize and group up. Fractured has no vertical character progression to speak of; there is no early or endgame, the entire thing is just a sandbox. It's not very hard at all to raise skills and one player can comfortably solo unless they get grouped on repeatedly by gankers (in which case an Angel or something can come help you out.)