Want to improve your graphics in Neverwinter? Are you using an Nvidia graphic card? Then you will be glad to know that Geforce released a Graphics and Performance Guide. http://www.geforce.com/whats-new/guides/neverwinter-graphics-and-performance-guide#1
If there are still people having trouble with first steps of Alchemy check: http://www.mmocast.com/features-2/neverwinter-leveling-alchemy-first-steps/
Please note that if you've tried to bypass the Launcher with gameclient.exe, you'll receive an Account Error timeout. But we'll have a fix for the Launcher soon!