Re: Crafting
A word of advice is the basic components, burn through those first, they'll get you those first 20 levels fairly quickly if you have enough.
I read somewhere that crafting basic components only give xp when you create them between level 1 and 25 (and level 100-125 for tier 2, ...). So during the beta i saved up my gathered materials for a while before starting to craft. When i reached level 12 i decided to give crafting a try. Together with the materials gathered from my two other toons (level 10 and level 5), i still did not have enough copper to get to level 25. The crafted armour was level 5. Apparently i'll have to start crafting at level 5. To avoid buying basic materials i'll either have to spend a lot more time gathering or level up 5 toons at the same time.
Crafting material stacks cap at 250. so, remember to keep your tools on you if you plan to do alot of crafting. It was also pretty decent experience as well.
It's a good thing you can access your bank tabs at every crafting station. You can even access non-crafting stuff. Unfortunately half crafted items aren't stored in the collections, but in your normal bank tab. I guess that forces crafters to buy extra bank tabs.