thanks for your replies. I'm getting sort of a mixed message. or maybe the game itself is a mixed message?

"Unfortunately, pretty much all classes make no sense until max level with full trait/skill unlocks."

"When you hit max Level, the game starts, before then, it's just like a big tutorial to fully comprehend your class."

so the game is nonsense until you hit the level cap... but everything before that is your tutorial... except i'm learning nothing except "mash and everything dies"

"It's important to understand that the levelling process is a very minor part of the game experience, though your understanding of skill rotations and other MMOs leads me to believe you know this already."

bleh, except every other mmo i've ever played (ragnarok, ultima, wow, rift, whatever the warhammer one was called, aion, etc) has taught you how your character class works throughout the levelling process. again, it feels like i'm either just mashing every ability on cooldown or just using 2 abilities and ignoring the rest (depending on the class/weapon combo)

I don't mean to be difficult