I don't plan to level as quickly as possible, but I also don't plan to try doing every possible arc on my way up either. I imagine there will be a lot of people running DFB to get things rolling, which I expect I will take part in. I expect I will also take part in my favourite zones such as Faultline and Croatoa.
While I have a looooong list of characters I would like to make eventually, I have it narrowed down to a "short" list of 8 that I intend to make early on, largely representing my favourite ATs (3 controllers, a WS, 1 tank, 1 MM, 1 blaster and 1 dom. The blaster is the only AT of those I never took to 50.) Exactly which of those I will focus on at the beginning and which will be the first to 50, I have no idea. Keep changing my mind. I don't expect to be one of the earliest getting to 50 again, but I don't think it will take me that long either.