Oh yeah, I know tons of changes would have been made. I've mostly used it as a nice reference point to start or to understand the schema.

lol who needs candles, gamma ftw

About candle, there is something that i found talking about it on allak
http://everquest.allakhazam.com/story.html?story=7306

Is that an evidence ? hehe Im still looking to find somewhere talking about food and drink :)

I can certainly vouch for the candle that humans started with. I remember starting in Surefall glades, and not being able to find my way out from the entrance tunnels until I equipped the candle which game me a whole.... 2 feet of illumination.

To tell you the truth my friend had never made a barbarian, and I warned him about the deadly tunnels to blackburrow without some sort of light source, unfortunately, there were torches lining the walls that weren't originally there... I remember dying on corpse runs there because I couldnt tell if I was coming or going.

Those can be removed....

I say they should be! ;)