New to PL: Need Professional Advice

[Temarichan]

Hello everyone! I've Attemped to play PL many times before, but I quit right after. After my addiction to Arcane Legends in which I exceeded immensely, I decided to do PL again. I'll still be on AL of course, but PL is a whole new game for me now. I need some advice on how to play. (In AL, I end up thinking to myself sometimes "I wish I've known better at the beginning ) if I remember correctly, I'm level 16 archer. Same as AL name: Temarichan. Thank you very much! Also if you have any good PL threads, please suggest them to me.

-Best Places to level? Or is it just areas?
-Looting places?
-I'm an Archer, what are some good peices of info (Stat distribution, weapon choices, etc)
-HOW DO I LEVEL UP FAST
-Etc. Any other good advice?