Hmm. To me it seems like you maybe didn't get out of the new character instance. That thing is basically a 20-30 minute (depending on race) racial story instanc

Hmm. To me it seems like you maybe didn't get out of the new character instance. That thing is basically a 20-30 minute (depending on race) racial story instance. Those tend to have linear progression most of the time, and I think you maybe mistook the instance's progression objectives as quests. Once you get out of that, it's an open world and you can do what you want, though. I think it's worth giving it another try, it's a great game.