From reading your post, I don't see how your friend could judge the game. From the sounds of it you have basically played it for him. I agree, sitting back doing nothing while someone else clears an instance is boring. If this truly is his first character then you are not doing him any favors running him through content or power leveling his character. QFT IMO you're kind of ruining the game for him by doing the above. IMO that type of leveling etc should be done on a second toon or alt. How many flight paths, zones, story lines, and quests has he missed out on now? Tons actually - and that's part of the game. Having a 70 level his toon through instance runs is entirely wayyyy too boring - I probably wouldn't still be playing if a friend helped my first toon in the way that you are helping him. It takes the fun out of the game. What about rep for faction rewards for his professions, mounts, the experience of finding new places, exploring the world, following long quest chains to new towns, zones, and content, remember that first skull mob you came across - that first elite too? Remember when you thought you were rich when you had 1G? Those moments are what he's not experiencing. By helping him in this way, you're actually taking that all away from him and taking a lot of the fun out of the game. If you want to help him - roll a toon his level and quest WITH him, get in level appropriate groups and run instances (you're stuck on your end game mentality and are forgetting the joy of obtaining that new blue that makes you so much more powerful and makes you think about it when you log for the evening heck you even got him the new epic ring), do level appropriate quests, play the game WITH him not FOR him. Heck he's not even learning how to properly play his character or how to perform properly within a group. IMO a big part of the fun is actually the leveling up process and the quest chains, instances, etc.