HELLO, ISTARIA!

I just subscribed to Istaria for the first time. I tried the two week trial and decided to subscribe because I was having fun (mostly messing around on single-digit level characters as I figure out what I am doing) and because people were nice and helpful when I asked a bunch of newbie questions in the New Player Assistance channel. I previously played EQ, EQ2, and WoW, where a newbie had to have a thick skin if they wanted to ask a question, so it is a refreshing change. The whole game seems like a refreshing change from what I've played before.

I am playing on Chaos as a dryad named Alurinda (6 Mage/5 Cleric... and 5ish scholar), a Sslik named Lissabet (5 Warrior/Blacksmith), and a third character that was a Saris and then a Satyr but is now a dragon named Rosarien that I just started playing a little last night. Obviously I haven't gotten that far in the game yet, and I will be the first to admit that I am very slow to make progress in ANY game I play, but so far I am having fun.