Hey fellow newbie! I'm a few levels short of ports, but here's some directions. My buddy ran from Gfay to commons no problems as a high elf.

http://www.allakabor.com/eqatlas/greaterfaydarkmap.html

Gfay -> Butcherblock -> Boat to Freeport -> Commons

True! I forgot about boats tyvm!

Don't forget to bind after you take the boat!

Will do :)

Knights Who Say Ni from my personal experience.

Okie ill see if i can get in touch with someone in that guild! Ty!

I've managed to scavenge up around 100p since I started is there anything i should invest in outside of spells to make me a better wizzy? I want to feel like im worth something to a group not just sitting behind people leeching their exp. I guess im saying i need a bigger mana pool for the price?

The wiki is really helpful. Here is the Wizard page:

http://wiki.project1999.com/Wizard

Look towards the bottom. I've found that the "Pre-planar" gear tends to be somewhat affordable (even though this economy is extremely inflated)