I have 47 gold. I hear I need 80g by level 40 in order to buy a mount.
Here’s an aspect of gameplay that I like. I like to wander around and mine and collect herbs, then hearthstone to Thunderbluff and auction them off. I like stealthing through mines, dodging past guards and NPC miners, taking out as few as possible. I like smelting bronze from copper and tin bars that I’ve smelted from copper and tin ore. It was an immensely satisfying moment when I sold 20 bronze bars for 2 gold.
I don’t like the dungeons so much, although I do find them satisfying. I like the cameraderie of grouping, but am generally overly-apologetic about my lack of expertise in them. I like helping “younger” players when I can, which isn’t often because I usually feel like an eternal newbie. and I like getting help and advice from others.
I’ve dueled twice and dislike it. I’ve never really liked PvP competition — or the way I feel when engaged in it — in virtual or real space.