I'm at level 8 right now... my longest time stuck was level 5... why? I don't make too many friends on here at my level that will go out with me and kill stuff, to put it bluntly.
I haven't been on too many quests yet, and the ones I HAVE been on are fun! The only problem I see is that there aren't too many one-time quests for players at our level. YES, there are quite a few quests aimed at our levels, but they are all if you have been in the last 14 (or 10, or 5, or 3, or whatever) you get first dibs. I feel out of place in those type of quests, which I HAVE joined one amazingly!!! I'd love to get on the bigger series of quests, but am more-or less either afraid of getting into a pack of players that know eachother well, too many players on the quest (LAG KILLS) and not very many for our levels.
BUT, all of those can be worked around. I see Max in the game often enough, come up and say hi... (I'll beat of Celgar, I promise)