I gotta agree with Maynard.
This game seems really intimidating at first but after an hour or so its not hard to take down someone playing a higher level race.
I think the fact that you can buy xp even if your not getting kills helps balance things out.

Everyrace has an abalitiy that makes you wanna scream bullshit if you use it right...
Speed, Invisible, teleport, ward, summon, molecules bubble.... on and on and on.... but without powers its not WCS its Pub.

Whyt was in the other day playing with like a level 6 undead and was up 20/4. He did it with skills not powers... Just stick with it and learn what works best for your style.