I'm apparently fucking horrible at this game so can someone give me the downlow on the game and what to do
I'm lvl 5 Warrior paladin right now... Just trying to figure out the main things etc...

check this http://www.riftscene.com/featured/rift-a-starters-guide/

also for leveling try champion over paladin, paladin is tank soul when champion is aoe dps with much healz