I think your NE hunter (
) can learn to use guns, you'll just have to fiend a trainer who can teach you.
Auction houses are great. Especially 'green' items (better quality) make good money there. Like malachite, merchants pay you 30c for it, while players pay 2s.
Oh, save linen cloth, so you can ask a tailor to make bags for you.
And I've discoverd that my class is called MAGE, not WIZARD.