Here, you need to upgrade weapons or other character equipment, or maybe you want to craft something top-tier. You can, of course, farm the necessary resources yourself, but what someone achieves in a year of daily dungeon runs, another can do in a couple of days just by going to the terminal. And it's not even about the rarity of anything, but simply about the quantity.
PvP is a bad example for discussing donations. It's a Korean game, and its target audience is willing to spend 24/7/365/80 in the game. For them, it's not a problem not to donate.