(Below is for PvM, but im guessing its probably the same for pvp)
You want to be good, you have to grind a lot.
want to be decent? you can play a couple of hours a day
want to be "bad"/noob/casual (in terms of gear, artifact etc), play like 1h a day for world quests etc.
WoW is pretty much the same, but they made it so if u want to, you can grind it a lot and get better, so its not as limited imo as some of the other patches.
and about catching up, you will be pretty far behind on the artifacts, since everyone got pretty high multipliers/research already. Im not sure how much influence the artifact has in pvp tho
This post was edited by dfgdsa on Dec 7 2016 05:06am