BY ALL MEANS PLEASE and can we start at lower levels than 25 say maybe 15?

Only reason I ask is in SAO the  entire idea was that these people built relationships before getting locked into the game. It'd be nice to have some low level history play with folks to go over and play out. Also I was wondering how much free reign would be given to folks to play a character they want to play? Like one that doesn't use a sword and specializes in shields or something like that.[@DeadlyPhoenix]