I've rediscovered it myself actually, especially after getting enough faction to get inside one of the houses (Blades), new quests, easy vendor (including status items!), access to brokers,...
Gotten to 54, done a fun series of quests yesterday (which got me to my 17th achievement point too) with my monk and a warden from my guild (
), which we should continue in Pillar of Flames soon, lots to hunt there!
You've just begun Tomec, with a good group you can complete several quests there and get xp really fast. Unfortunately, you won't be able to harvest in DoF before lvl 48.