Tell me it gets "better"

[Tarathiel]

You just picked a rough zone to start fresh in, gfay/crushbone or ec/nro/oasis would probably be a little better place to start its a lot easier to find groups in these zones. If you hang out at some druid rings or wizzie spires long enough I'm sure to wouldn't be hard to convince someone to give u a lift especially if u explain your situation to them

[Stormhowl]

Thank you for the replies everyone!

I'm a level 9 Barbarian Shaman (I level a 6 Human Monk and 3 Halfling Druid in my downtime... like tonight after being burned too many times touching the hot stove that is Gnoll Trains), so I have SoW; it's not as if I can't make it to Freeport or Gfay or something on my own with a bit of care (nothing outruns SoW in the Karanas except Griffons and Werewolves IIRC? Been a LOOOOOOONG time since I did that run), so I might just make the trip and get bound in Highkeep on the way through before I hit up Freeport or something.

It just amazes me; I remember Blackburrow thriving with newbies back in the day getting groups at the big bridge underground or at the elite / commander camps, with the occassional druid passing through tossing Skin like Nature/Shield of Thorns/Chloroplast/Strength of Earth on people. I guess, maybe people just learned that Freeport / GFay areas are better for leveling? /shrug

Thank you for the replies, it's good to know it might get better. I don't know any of the guilds here so I never really explored my options for a lowbie leveling guild that doesn't need stuff like "Register on our site / have vent / etc..." that I'm so burnt out from on other MMOs.