I'd recommend all new players stay on Silan and finish the quests for fight, magic, craft and harvest skills. The tuitorial is excellent and if you leave Silan you will not have the opportunity to complete the tuitorial on the mainland. As Ryzom is much different than any other mmorpg, I think the time spent learning its unique features is well spent. New players on the mainland often ask "how can I go back to Silan?", when they realize they are missing game information they would have learnt from the tuitorials. The answer is -- you can't. If you want to learn what you missed you'd have to start a new toon on Silan. My second toon left at lvl 1 and I had no regrets doing so-- having learnt from my first toon.
