Levelling Up

I've been levelling up gradually with my character, climbing through the teens. Two problems: 1) even as you level up, the game doesn't get easier. In fact, it gets harder, because the monsters you face (called 'mobs', short for mobile monsters) get harder, as do the quests. 2) I'm running into limitations because I haven't been addressing my two professions, herbalism and alchemy.

As I level up, I also notice things I should have addressed differently at a lower level, such as the distribution of my talent points. I guess I'll just have to start new characters in order to address these issues...