I thought the same thing as you. Today while at work I did my usual missions earning the rough AD's. When I got home just now I logged into the game and check my inventory again and check my AD count. It did in fact go up. It just didn't register as being there until I logged into the game.
IMO all popular names from books, movies and the like should be unavailable as character names. Also any similar names should also not be pickable or at the very least required to be changed before they can get past a certain level. It isn't hard to come up with a unique name. There are countless name generators out there…
My first couple of dungeons I had lowish damage too. I wasn't lowest but I wasn't highest. The first thing I did was start going stealthed as much as I could during combat. Right before stealth runs out I do a lashing blade. While stealthed you do bonus damage. I don't know if doing damage to the back of the mobs actually…