Answering to myself and updating info:
I just went out yesterday, spent 25 Euros and bought the game. Well, it comes with 45 days playtime and I don't have to wait for that download. Then I spent 5 Euros more and bought a preorder code for MoM, which will allow me to get a lifetimer subscription for 149 EUR instead of paying 199 EUR. Plus some minor things to get.
I installed the game and am playing on the trial code, as I didn't want to use the 45-day-code in case the game wouldn't work.
As both areanor and isilraen were taken (isilanor, too
) I had to think several minutes about names....
so there's a lvl 4 elf minstrel called Isildis and a lvl 5 human champion called Areandriel running around on Laurelin. I'll activate the new code next time I'm playing, for I understood that on the trial version you can't get or send mail and you can't chat.....
So far I like it. It does need some getting used to after three years on WOW - especially as I'm not sure how to detect the things needed for crafting - in WOW there are the grey ones nobody needs compared to the white ones that might be useful - well, I just have to move on, maybe I'll find it out.