Have to agree, I started with zero beta knowledge and made it off newbie island in just a few hours. There is no "forced" questing, I am fairly sure you can grind your way to 60 if that was the route you wanted to go without ever interacting with a quest npc.
Never leaving newbie island I am sure you never got aggro and likely never even died. Of course the game seemed easy and every class looked OP what do you expect during the tutorial phase of the game?
Edit for 20 minute warning!
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Ah one more thing, if you were bored with the combat system after 9 levels this is not the game for you! Just an opinion.