won't be of much help as i have my toons on vilya, but i've rolled one on withywindle ... add me as Hinrich
We'll have to make a conga line if you pvp, that's my creep server.
Do love the start of your minstrel collection thereFroglok. Here's my main - I skipped the beergut on mine by going human.
If you still need toons to keep your kin active, shoot me a pm and I'll make something on Withywindle and level it up quickly to 20 or so. If you're hanging around Meneldor to play, likewise.
There were some questions about the game earlier on in the thread, so I'd answer them like this:
Yes, most zones still need to be bought. You can level up to close to 30 without buying an additional zone. By then you'll likely have earned enough in-game currency (Turbine Points) to get an additional area to quest in without parting with real cash. You can also do things to level up beyond that without paying anything, but it's limited and you'll go blind from tugging yourself off whilst doing the crap needed to do it.
Race traits really don't matter in the grand scheme of things. Some things are more optimal than others - some of the racial skills are useful, so dwarf guardians are always popular. But it's nice things to have, not 'this mix of race and class is broken'. A level 60 man warden is just different to a level 60 elf warden - does a 3k heal which burns most of your power and +5% to incoming heals outweigh the ability to not be hit for a few seconds? Different strokes for different folks. My warden is a hobbit. He can pretend to be dead. Great skill for a tank to have - I get hit too hard, someone else can fight. Nah, doesn't matter.
One thing to watch out for is that there are major changes coming with next update, which should be out within a couple of weeks or so. And they're just the start, with more coming down the line later this year. I'd write a long post about it but I can't be arsed and it's totally uninteresting. Long and short of it is that things are changing in terms of how they're trying to balance the game. That may be good, it may be a total clusterfuck but just something to be aware about for those who may be thinking about logging back in from a break. It is a good time to start, but the grind is still a grind at the end game.