Solo or Duo toon

[Dren]

If you aren't pickpocketing while you are solo'ing humanoids, you are missing out on a lot of cash and lewts.  The added coin and healing potions I get while stealthing my victims really does help.  Plus, the skillups from the chests you will find helps with your lockpicking skill.

Rogue is great leveling up.  However, once you hit 70 you'll have a tougher time finding things to do.  At least that is my experience.  Sure you are a killing machine, but a more gear dependent killing machine at that point.  If you don't get into raids, pay big for gear, etc. you'll be finding it tougher and tougher to wipe out MOBs like you are now.

My Warlock, for instance, has a much easier time wiping out whole camps of Mobs without ever having to stop for health/mana.  I even take on even lvl elites at 70 and still have a chance. (Sometimes.)

Rogue?  No way.  My rogue is now basically a toon that I can bring to raids if we need additional DPS.  Most bosses are immune to my tricks, so it is all about the damage and speed.   My CC helps with trash to speed up instance runs,  but with some risk. 

At least they changed the way bosses do damage in back of them.  It used to be that even you would get damaged while behind the boss (where you should be,) and ended up dieing 1/2 the time even if you managed your agro well.  You basically turn into a really wicked knife in the back of the boss during a fight constantly turning and digging deeper in, but just don't get noticed for some reason.  That screaming pile of platemail in front of him gets all of the attention!

Oh, PvP is nice though.  Yeah, there is that.

[Nebu]

Do you have your mount yet? At level 40 with only 10g you either are very very poor or just bought your mount. It costs 100g.

1. No mount.  I have NEVER had more than 20g between skilling up first aid, cooking, fishing, rogue skills, and alchemy I'm always broke. 

2. I can't do instances solo ... at least not those my level.  I also refuse to group in PUGS.  I've learned that lesson from every MMO prior to WoW. 

I'll try selling some of my herbs that I don't need.  Cash is a good thing. 

Dren:  I will probably level my rogue to 70 and then use it as a farm bot to level something more group friendly (warrior or something).  I plan to do nothing more than PvP and farm with the rogue... if the game still holds my interest. 

[Jayce]

40 without a mount is a sad, sad thing.  I remember being broke with my first character though.  Experience really makes a difference.  I think I had near 200g by the time I hit 40 on my most recent main. My personal rule is to take two gathering professions on my first character on a new server so that I have good cash, but sounds like the ship has already sailed in your case.  You might try making swiftness potions - those always sell due to BG twinks.

I'd recommend selling herbs and all leftover cloth, and not buying anything until you scrape up your 100g.  Along with quest rewards and cash drops, it should not take you long.

I have not found PUGs to often be that bad, especially at lower levels.  Often it's a group of veteran players leveling up lowbies who are good at their jobs.  Instances with good rewards like Scarlet Monastery will give you better weapons than you can buy on the AH.  You can always drop group if they appear to be clueless.

[Merusk]

A 40s without a mount isn't particularly sad for a first character, but it IS frustrating as all hell.  The zones begin to spread-out a lot more, and you spend more time running back and forth between the spread-out quest hubs.  I can't imagine the hell that would be Plaguelands/ Felwood in the early 50s without a mount.

[ShenMolo]

I wouldn't give up on PUG's if I were you. I'd say more than half the players in your level range are re-rollers, you can learn a lot from them, make friends, and find a guild if your looking.

Try running around with LFG always on so you have access to the LFG channel. If you don't want people whispering you just put yourself LFG for a quest, or particular zone rather than an instance. Turn off auto-join.

You will start hearing about groups that need dps, and can often tell which ones are competent from their chat. Running Scarlet Monastary is one of the best experiences in the game for new and even old players. I love some of those lower instances. Don't miss out on them.