Oi oi oi. Don’t twist my words, ok?
I never said a thing about 1%. But yeah, end-game content should be dominated by top-tier players. Want to dominate it? Become top-tier player. In ToS the threshold for that is quite simple - T10 legendary weapon and T9-10 legendary armor set. That’s it.
And it’s something everyone can achieve just by grinding. You don’t even need to be in a top-guild to be a top-tier player. I’m playing solo, not a member of any guild. Yet I managed to get R1 in TBL several times, be regular R1 DPS in Velpopo parties when I use DPS characters, solo clear CM in 7 minutes and perform decently in any content ToS has to offer. Yeah, in Boruta I won’t be able to get in top-30 for the obvious reason of playing solo. But that’s that particular content mechanics, nothing to do about it.
So if you want to get in top % of the players - tryhard like all those top-tier players did. You want people who played for a week have similar capabilities with players, who’ve been playing for three years? That’s not even a topic for a discussion, especially with someone who just cry with salt.