Wednesday Protip Roundup!

Like GI Joe says, knowing is half the battle:

• You know those relics, scrying stones, and sealed documents you come across in your adventures?  Don't vendor them!  You should sell them to the city merchant in your home city to get status points.  Your guild will get 10% of the status you receive for them, which is how your guild levels up.  Later on, you can buy some cool stuff with status points, so start building them up early.
• Speaking of status, you can get great big chunks of it from doing Heritage Quests.  You also get some darn nice items - and if you can't use them, you have the option to turn them into a house object.  Most of these quests require a group at various points, so recruit a few people to help you.  
• Player-made food and drink is way mo' betta than the crap you get from the vendor.  Some of the foods/drinks give you stats and can last for hours.  The broker will have all your food needs.  (It's more expensive, but it's worth it.)
• The 1_9 chat channel is a server-wide chat channel that you can use to ask questions and talk to your fellow players.  (Sometimes, however, it becomes infested with utter retardation and it is best to turn it off.)  Got a crafting question?  Join the Crafter channel - there tends to be less trolls there.  Got a newbie question?  Join the Newbie channel - lots of helpful players frequent this one.

I am a font of information, no?  I'll try to make this a regular weekly feature, since there's about a zillion little tips like this just floating around.