Kilro

So as a new player, sitting around 4-6 hours of gameplay so far and traveling all the way to Giran/Aden at what I am pretty sure is peak times for the server, I have yet to encounter a whole lot of people. I am suggesting some sort of Social Hub kind of like Girran Harbor, only a place where you can go to find groups maybe. It could have NPC's with general items and the sort. Maybe Gatekeepers to specific places etc? Just an idea, because right now as a new player, I feel lonely on the server and barely even see anyone on the Party Finder Tool.

I see plenty of shops at Giran harbor, but even then I only see like 5 people running around looking at them, and barely anyone shouting WTS or WTB. I am pretty sure that I play at peak hours. Unless I did the conversion wrong, I am playing around 18:00 to 20:00 CET +1

So I'm in my 20's now and don't expect to find a lot of people to play with yet at this level. However, when I look at the Party Finder Tool or whatever it's called, I only ever see 4-8 groups. Half of those groupd are usually WTS/WTB. Where do people go to find parties on this server? I've yet to see anything that resembles a populated server(this is not an insult, I am just confused where everyone is). I've teleported all the way to Giran/Aden and barely see anyone moving or chatting. As a new player right now, it feels as if I am on a dead server. I know this server is not dead and has plenty of players, but just thought I would give this insight and ask where everyone is at.

Is there any method of gearing/leveling that I may be unaware of? Or am I pretty much just grinding and farming adena to buy gear from vendors/player stores? Outside of donating for coins and buying auctions, that is.

How would you rank the tank races personally? Which would you say is best etc? I like the idea of (Not in any order, just the classes that sound cool to me) DA Pala SK Dwarf Human Spear(Warlord?)

you don't exp buffer solo mate I meant which DD would be the best to use in order to level a healer high enough to start finding groups? I would not continue the DD beyond level 40 most likely.

Also I see a Pending Approval next to this thread, does that mean I have to wait for a Forum Admin to approve every message I try to make on these forums, or is it because my account is new? [EDIT] Additonally, I created a test character to go check out the Trade area and such, and now my actual toon I made doesn't get the starter pack for the no-grade weapon ticket/soul shots? Is there any way to also claim them on my toon I just made, or did I screw myself by trying to be safe and not making a toon until I investigated in-game a little?

This server has interested me a lot, I've been reading the forums and have even logged into the server to poke around and look at custom NPCs and the sort. I have a few questions though that I was not able to fully clear for myself by searching the forums and rules pages. 1. Is there any sort of option that allows dual-box? To me, it looks like getting a premium account offers this option? I can't quite tell though from the wording if that is what it actually means. 2. If I go premium and the dual-box is an option, what would be the best buffer to level with the follow classes(feel free to be more specific with the races as well if there is any noticable difference)? Also, the classes listed below would be my main character, so the dual-boxxed character may or may not see much play after I join a clan etc. I will also include what I think may be good to pair with it. Archer (Prophet for Haste?) Mage (Shillen Elder for Empower?) Tank (Shillen Elder for Vampiric Rage/Good heals?) Healer (Not sure?) Crafter or Spoiler (Not sure?) 3. Is donating purely for cosmetic stuff? I was unable to find any donation options that would give me a significant advantage in game, which I like. Just curious of donors will be running around with OP gear and like only 5 hours of actual play time on the character, etc. 4. Am I able to donate for the coins as an American player without going through some sort of currency exchange type thing? Will the donate page just auto take my USD and covert it to Euros? (Sorry I am a bit ignorant on currency exchange for video games, never tried to donate to a Euro server before.) 5. What time zones are the highest peak times on this server? I live in US but can only play for several hours in the mornings, but have weekends off. Don't want to be invested on a server where I am playing when most players are sleeping. 6. Am I likely to encounter many players while leveling pre-40 and pre-60? Don't want to feel like I am the only player on the server for too long before I catch up with others. 7. What would you say is the average amount of time to reach level 20, 40, and maybe 60+ for a new player on this server? Just curious if anyone has any ballpark guesses as to the general amount of time for landmark levels. I know this is hard to pinpoint and depends on the class and other factors, but thought I might ask. I only ask this because I know different servers have different economies for gearing up and finding groups etc. 8. In your opinion, what are some strong classes to pick for the following. (I try not to go for the God Tier classes only, but also don't want to pick something bad that gets me no groups) Solo Exp Group Exp Solo PvP Group PvP I feel like I am forgetting something and apologize for all of the newbie questions in advance, but I am really hyped about this server right now and about to just spend the next 10+ hours playing.