[Bugs on PTR]

I had the same problem on the PTR server... I went to log in and no matter what I did i ended up with a nondescript TE... I even tried making a new character, and it to turned into a TE, and everytime i tried relogging that same toon afterwards I crash to desktop.

[Easiest class to start off as newbie]

I would have to agree with the TS. I leveled mine pretty quickly and it can do some combat thanks to ml's it can kite just about anything just takes longer then a TE of course