Well i made a char on our server. "Garrett Shadowalker" lame and boring name. but it sucks. because all the monsters in the starting area are dead, and by the time i found out where to go, the current party was way ahead of me.

So whats the deal with this? do monsters respawn?

Ive found some other stupid things. like quests dont happen for some people (specifically the level up 'quest') if you dont talk to people in the right sequence before someone else talks to the right person.
I hope this isnt true for the rest of the quests.