Winga offers some sound advice for leveling. EQ can be pretty terrible for leveling. Grin is much better, but if you don't want to travel that far just get bound in EFP and hunt in NRo, much greater mob availability.
Rogu's suggestion for str/sta split on stats is solid. STa is important end game for raids, str is important for leveling and less important at end game since you will have much from gear/buffs. Str offers a much greater quality of life improvement overall leveling and if you do not see yourself ever raiding end game, I would forego upfront sta investment altogether and go full str to avoid encumberence issues. If yor goal is raiding though and you are certain you will reach 60 then sta is worth much greater consideration. Just expect sand accept a bit more challenging crawl to the top.
Don't worry about the xp penalty. You will miss some group opportunities because of it, but for the most part players who actually understand the penalty prefer knights because they are vastly superior when it comes to aggro management.
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