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Originally posted by Nomad40
I will admit I may have overlooked where it told me to do this but as an example.As a dragon you are told to go mine in the valley below during the newbie jaunt. I searched around and found the area and the GATHER button lit up. When I clicked it the message said I could not perform that action with the equipt item (or something along those lines) since reading a bit more I am still stymed on how to get this to work.

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The dragon tutorial addresses this pretty clearly: Open your character window, click the abilities tab, click the Craft radio button, and drag all your craft abilities to a bank of hot keys. Want to mine ore? Hit the hotkey for Dragon Mining.

The default UI is OK, but a little experimentation will show you that the UI in HZ is very flexable and can be adjusted to a broad range of preferences. I'd suggest joining the Dragon and New Player Assistance chat channels at your first oppertunity. Spend some time asking questions and getting your abilities set up, then go hunting. A good UI layout will help a lot. My daughter started playing a dragon when she was five, and had no problems laying waste to the gruok population on Skalkaar - with a well-configured UI.

I will caution you that dragons are not for the impatient. They are very much a delayed gratification design. In return, they become far more powerful than any other single class in the game, if you invest the time and work required. Will you fly in 14 days? No. Will you own a lair? Highly doubtful. Will you know if being a dragon is right for you? I should think so.

If you have questions, ask politely and make note of the answers you're given. This community actually uses "please" and "thank you" in conversation; doing likewise isn't required but it certainly doesn't hurt. You should have no problems getting answers to your questions in the channels mentioned above. I would strongly suggest reading the tutorial materials carefully, since it does cover almost everything you need to know about basic gameplay, combat, and crafting.

Good luck, and good fortune to you.