I am brand new to this game, just on day 2 of trial. From what I have played, I enjoy it. Typically a huge WoW player (10 years now, still subcribed) and saw my friend playing this game and sparked my interest.

Anyway, I am already borderline ready to say to hell with this game due to being unable to join my friend on the world he selected. What is the expectation for new players wanting to join friends in this game... everyone start from scratch? Is there much cross-world compatibility, like there is in WoW?

Thanks for any assistance with this as it seems very anti-friend so far, but I could be missing something.