I'm not sure who hates Ret. I do not. I've always had good luck and have some friends w/ Ret. Had a guy help me in arena and help me w/ an OW boss just today. I'll PM you to see if I can help w/ this problem.
I BETAed EverQuest in the past and yes it is fun and yes you get some inside information and a leg up in the real release. The testers are really doing a service to OTM not to any player. It is OTMs job to get it right. If they don't they loose business and have a hit to revenue.
I'd suggest something about prices like http://www.celtic-heroes.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=24734 . Always helpful to me to know if I'm getting a good price or getting ripped off. Though probably be very hard to keep up unless you have editors per world. Similarly how much per plat in the gi...
Econ: http://celtic-heroes.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=24734 I like Sulis (I might be in the minority if you read other posts on here). I'm in a top 5ish clan I really like. I have friends in all the other of the top 5 clans and we work together pretty well (at least up to ~100 lvl I can't sa...