I am a veteran DAoC player, but have never played Hib. I have almost finished leveling my Hero and going to try to template him for RvR. I would like a good beginner Spec was thinking: 42 Shield 50 LW Blunt/Parry What RA allocation is the best, I heard to go Det 9, then Purge 2, is this sound advice...

So I played the original release for about 12 years. Have dabbled in shards off and on. I am mainly wondering what differs here that the original vanilla experience? Is leveling and gearing different? Are crafters important? Is small man pvp possible? I am really intrigued by the idea, but do not wa...