Is it good?

Yup, another noob asking how good this shard is. Well anyhow my LBR 3d works nice here and I also like the magick/startup system. No fuzzy stuff. Anyhow I player about 6 free shards already and only one was a little more than 1 month worth of play(no I never got to playing the pay version credit cards are scarse in here)

So my question is...

If I want to be a solitary mage with dark brooding depression living in some godforsaken wastland(like a swamp) is this a good choice? Also I want to become atleast self defendable in less than 2 months of average(1 hour a day) play. Is it possible here? Thanx.