Well I am only 20 but I can tell you this, 1-19 is hell pure utter hell. To the point of crying hell. I know you can do like 1-17 without leaving the city but [expletive haxx0red by Raijinn] it doesnt matter on a pvp server. They come at you all the time (Mind you this is on Venekor) I was really doubting my decision to monk it out on pvp. But at 20 with a new two hander that hits for the same as crafted legendary. It was like a flip was switched. I still can't beat assassins. I hate themBut Bruisers aren't to bad (though they hit hella hard,). On pvp at this early state I got so used to dying that I focused on str purely and with a good group. I can cause a lot of pain before I die. If the assassin fails on his one hit backstab with posion wonder then I get healed up (Fury friend) And I make them regret it.So at 20 it gets better. But armor and weapons are your friends I would say even more then Adepts this early on. Cause with so many scouts running around (they are like rats breeding, oh wait 70% of them are rats.) You need to survive the old stealth stab stun whack stun backstab with posion treatment. I have a ranger friend in my guild and I watched him own stuff while I struggle to survive. But you play a monk not to survive, not to win all the time. You play it cause WOW doesn't have Monk. Just kiddin. You play it cause you love it with the notion that it will become great later on. ((Plus kicking mages off of towers is pure fun LOL)) ((Just do it.))