Reset crafting skills?

I played a bit of the game at release, but didn't really get into it, but I decided to give it another shot now. Since I have forget 90% of what I picked up on last time I deleted 3 of my 4 chars(all deleted was below lvl 15) and made a new char, Wizard. First thing i notice is that I start with just over 20k gold. I have a rather big stash(took me quite some time to realize I paid multiple time to expand it (next expansion is on 100k). It was also half full with items and I was able to craft lvl 27 items with artisan crafting, at lvl 2. I know I can start over if I start at the American or Asian servers, but then I won't be able to chat with my friends while playing. Is it some way to reset the game? I have no ownership relation to my old chars since it's so long ago and would rather start fresh again, while still staying on the European servers. Is that possible? On another note. Several of my skills says xx% of weapon dmg. Does that mean that if i pick up a sword or crossbow with higher base dmg, I would do more dmg then with a wand? That sounds a bit weird for a spell caster.