Great and fun game. I'm an old school MMO player used to being given the freedom of playing how I want. I have disliked most MMO's that have come out since WoW, where it feels like you're playing a game of connect the dots. Go here to this quest hub, now go here. Collect 10 of these, kill 10 of those. Very boring in my opinion having a game handhold you every step of the way.
New World is a bit different. since it was initially going to be a survival game there's a ton of crafting to do and pretty much everything you do gives you XP. Doing board and faction quests does get you faster xp but I did all of level 25 just grinding out iron ore for my crafting.
Playstyle freedom is what I really have been missing in an MMO and New World gives you a ton of it. Looking forward to higher levels and finding out what their faction based PvP is like.