To waiting or starting early? If you waited, you missed out on activities (Urn of Sacrifice, Blades, Queen's Wrath, Wolves, etc) and weapons (Jolder's Hammer, the Messenger, Shadow Price, etc.) not currently obtainable. You didn't have a year of fun experiences. If you started early, you had to pay more for the game and the expansions. You had to deal with some poor mechanics for leveling up armor and weapons.