Be honest, don't ever cheat. It ruins the game for you in subtle ways that the cheaters don't understand, because they never get to play the Real (non cheat) game.
Never give your gear to anyone.
Don't go purple unless you are willing to die.
Have fun. Levelling up isn't everything, having fun is more important. The levels will come.
Ohhh and something they would never tell you is to reroll to another server, Erica has the LOWEST population, and is dominated by one alliance.... REROLLLLLLLLLLLLLL
I wonder what the average online population is on Erica ...
And what's the lowest/highest population online, and why not a time period table (09:00p.m. GMT to 11:00pm GMT xxxx online...). Could be usefull info when choosing a server... Besides what is going on the server regarding clans/alliances/etc...
But as RumPunch said, making friends that you get to play with often is what it is all about. Keeps the fun alive.