I'm not in the running for achievements of any kind, but I did buy all the wolf meat in the Misty Thicket newbie zone and Rivervale, and plan to use it so my gnome mage can run around Grobb using vendors w/o Dark Elf mask or Wolf Form.
Plenty of non "endgame" stuff you can do for fun or to enhance your play experience later, without chasing the EXP dragon or fighting over spawns that maximize exp. I haven't seen anyone selling small wisdom deities yet, or alchemy pots for that matter, you could make it a goal to be the first at either if you want to put yourself on the front lines of "the race."
|