>I am also scared to death of asking questions on the newbie
>channel, as it marks you as an easy target...I am quite
>certain I was tracked down by an AP after asking an area
>specific question (dumb I know, but it was quite early in my
>efforts)...I doubt it due to not knowing intentions, but is
>there any protection from this?

It's funny you should ask this, because our new and improved newbie channel fixes this, I believe. I think part of its update is that it anonymizes all players now like it does immortals.