Return of Reckoning

I'm a beginner and i have 2 questions.

I will start a new character, Chosen:

- Can i level up and get gear only by pvp/rvr ? Spend my War Crests to get early stuff ?

- As a Chosen can i stay 2H to lvl 1to end game ? I really love the class design, appearance, the brutality of this class in every ...