Paineel Elevator is broken
 

sent a petition too, sorry devs if you guys don't appreciate seeing this in two places

was really set on starting an Erudite Necromancer today too lol

hmm not sure if this is the quick fix you wanna hear but you could always mem your starting spells and kill yourself. you would end up in toxx. most likely you will be leveling in qeynos anyway. just a thought.

Did you try repeatedly clicking the rock? Like 10x clicking the rock with the Key equipped.

tried killing myself. figured it'd spawn me in the paineel newbie zone near the guards like on live, but instead it respawned me in front of my trainer.

had to ask the guard for a key (didn't start with one in my inventory). i didn't try repeatedly clicking the rock but i doubt that would work. the elevator looks like its stuck in the up position. clicking the rock does make the rock spin, but the elevator doesn't move.

It's weird but you have to click the rock 2-3 times in succession. The rock will spin at least once before the elevator works. The lifts in Kelethin are like this too, they work eventually but not right away. I don't know why it's bugged on p99 when they work on other, vastly inferior emu servers.

This.
It's working, at least did for me again as usual a few days ago.
Just click the rock a few times aka use the key successfully a few times and up /down it goes.