Sounds like there no mechanism for "cheating level" 

Haven't got a grip to the economy yet.So not sure how much will I need for higher level. But put into perspective of another heavily gold dependent MMO, I guess it's 1,000,000 gold?   

Not sure how long will I last in this game, I rarely hit max level in most games except the stupid speed in GW2...    Once I had seen everything/enough I call it a done, unless there is a good reason to make me stay.