Find yourself a guild, this is a great way to meet other players and you can join together to move faster. It is hard alone and can be frustrating but when 4 player click they can move so fast, it is a lot of fun. Do the daily quests and the bard for story tokens. Get the merchant permit then you can buy better quality gear. When deciding which quests to do look for the ones with the most xp points and the ones that give you the most gold, it's easier to level up. See Boltag and Old Yoddeler for special quests. As far as PvP, I just do the maps and quests. When I tried the guild competition battlefields, I just got clobbered, never saw it coming. There were better players that were built for this. Stick to what is fun, it just keeps getting better and there are new maps to discover. I started out as a rogue and then switched to a sorcerer. I am level 61 now and really like this character. As you level up you get stronger.