D&D Online

I've made countless Characters (mostly Artys/Sorc) and I mean 30+ of each spread over 6 servers. I managed to get some up to lvl 8-10 before deleting them due to a poor build. As time went by I made it to lvl 12-15 before they went belly up..either they could not take/give dam well enough or could not make it past the end boss. End result; deletion. Lesser TRing was of no use, if I could not build it right the first time rearranging things the 2nd time was of no use. Now with Grrreat effort I managed to make it to 20 and TR and to 20 again (epics were totally out of the question) and w/o doing any raids (have never done a raid in 2 lives). It's been easier to lvl up with my reincarnation bank but otherwise my TRed characters are cookie cut failures with a different icing. I can boast that I am really good at low lvl 1-8 quests. Crafting is out of the question as I can't seem to get my head around the processes/ingr./recip. etc. to do any good above lvl 5. Now my lvl 21 Arty is nearly useless and in most groups I'm either dying too much or just being drug along. Other then a third life that's a repeat of the 2nd I sure could use a point in the right direction. Wiki builds are not useful as they all at one time or another point to getting some item or another that is part of more items that I can't seem to find/get in the first place. I really give ya'll credit for getting the special items an equipment and making epic lvls. Looking other players at a lvl 25-28 2-3rd life character is like looking at...God. I know it can be done but not by me at this point. It took me almost 3 years of playing to get around to posting this...so I have patience. If I can manage to get 57 or more threads pointing me in some sort of direction I'll be happy. Oh..please be basic in your termination/explanations. One observation I can make is that I can't do any quests above my lvl. eg. lvl 15 elite can not be completed unless I'm 17+ or really know the quest.