I started as r/p, and if I had to do it all over I wouldn't, for questing there is no better class, the only downfall which is also a plus is that you have no mana based attack to use during energy regen. However it does make you better at energy management. Then I went r/k, then r/s. But I will tell you if they add one single elite to r/p that gives a secondary attack I'll go back to r/p
Just spam Rising Tide when out of energy, problem solved
As for me, I'd probably not waste my time trying to have the best gear for a lv40, then 45, then 50..etc and just saved up for whatever I needed once I got near the cap.
Oh, I would have enjoyed being able to use siege engines and having guards that actually guarded stuff in siege instead of complaining that my guild was glitched and stuck at 0 pts for what seems like ever