[Schortt]

Q1: Whatever you enjoy playing is what you should play. Wizards and bards are far more desirable than druids to raid guilds. Bards are much more difficult to solo with but a skilled bard can level quickly enough to more than offset their large XP penalty.

Q2: It will take you 3-5 days (that is, 3-5 X 24 hours) minimum to get to 50 untwinked assuming you know exactly where you want to go to level, get decent groups or solid solo spots, and don't die very often. To 60, it's probably at least 10-15 more days, especially now that there's not much of an AE group scene.

Q3: Guise, manastone, box of abu-kar, rubicite, and a few other items are no longer dropping. The tradable ones (manastone, etc.) are still purchasable from other players but tend to be fairly pricey.