1. Avoid bothering high lvls for free items and such, waste of time and gain of bad rep.
2. Start working on quests (avoid repeatable until shale) and lvling right away, as farming is quiet useless for u quest should provide u gold and most xp, also that will let u get all ur starter skills.
3. Most low lvls are dumb but try to find actual good partners for lvling, it'll ease ur gameplay by a lot, maybe even start playing with several friends and take roles. (warrior with shatter and taunt + tank skills, druid full support, mage half support for energy, rogue for dps and ranger for hybrid).
EDIT : i mentioned only gameplay, but yes forums is great place for u to get help.
warrior with shatter and taunt + tank skills, druid full support, mage half support for energy, rogue for dps and ranger for hybrid( this is useful and really good advice. In shale, the mobs at the camp bridge wont last long if lower lvls do this.