I've actually been playing AO for years, but i've never gotten out the newb stage, seriously.
My highest toon i ever got was a 161 (i think) Soldier names Noyou, and he was gimp, although ql200 perrenium blaster (chances are it sucks but i thought it was good that i got it on, with help from org mates though)
but even though i've always been at the noob stage, i love the game as much as ever, and have had some memories. My favorite is probably the subway. yes, the subway. I just loved when i went down to the deep subway for my first time with another newbie (thank god emundies wasn't spawned or i wouldn't have lasted long, but it was just really awesome.. i didn't know much about the game at all and was wearing random imps i found that buffed skills i didn't need, but i still felt awesome putting them in, thats another fond memory actually.. when i first started to get imps and i was putting them in thinking i was totally uber >.< ...
but its an awesome game, always will be.
level 61 MA FTW.