Money
As long as you are doing your quest you should be fine in the beginning for Atlantica gold. If you don't intend on being a crafter right off the bat. Sell your goods below what the fixed price is for materials in Market. Is another good way to make cash.
You really want to try to have a nice nest egg of cash in bank before 35. As that's usually when most people start to feel the pinch of having to buy armor/weapons for all their mercs. Later on crafting and betting on fights at the arena is a good way to make money. Also instead of betting you could join the competition. Nice way to earn titles and rewards. At level 40 a win was worth about 200,000 while a lost only netted me 15,000 to 20,000.
Monster Info
When killing monsters for a long enough time you learn more about them. This is Monster Info and it has 3 stages. Each stage increase the damage you do and decreases the amount of damage the mob does. It also helps in getting better materials and items off mobs. It's random though. Sometimes you'll get all 3 stages fast, other times not so fast. Good thing is you can have someone teach you the parts if they know them. Even with mobs you've never ran across.
Stats
In your travels you'll come across Growth Vials. These help you raise stats at the cost of Bonus Points (you get bonus points as you level). There are 3 types of Growth Vials like most things in game. They are broken down into Beginner, Intermediate , and Advanced. It's in your best interest to buy and use them whenever you can. Growth Vials raise a random stat each use. With beginning being able to be used up to a maximum of 150 bonus points at which point you need the higher level Growth Vials. Believe me when I say, not bothering to use these on your Hero and Merc's whenever you can. Will just make your life tougher down the road.
My advice is use all of them on hero first as to get him to cap for that type of vial first. As when the hero dies it's instant game over. So a stronger more durable hero is always nice. Once that's done. I would start with the front line merc's you have as usually they'll be taking the most beating. You won't encounter flying or any real dangerous long range enemies till post 25/30ish. Which gives you plenty of time to pump those stats.
Grouping/Partying
Don't be afraid to group. It's actual quite beneficial. Game doesn't really penalized you for it, in fact it's quite the opposite. Killing while party of a group generates Skill books worth 100 xp when used. You can also turn in 20 of these books (+2000 gold) to have it turned into a 1000 xp book. I know sounds like a bad deal, but it really isn't. I'll explain in a bit under "Will". Partying also also you to share info easier (Like Monster Info), and generally makes quest easier to do.
As all Atlantica players in the party (As long as they are in same fight) will get credit towards the quest if they are both on it. So even if it's a quest that needs an item pick up like Fox Ears. Don't hesitate to group. You'll both get credit for it. You can also teleport directly to a group member (provided you have enough Will), also if they are in a dungeon you are required to have the map for it.
