The community seems to be pretty nice to new players. I started not too long ago and am now a lv27 shaman along with my friend who is a monk. We had a few handouts to start with from generous higher players who took pity on us and have done a bit of wheeler dealing in the tunnel. Groups seem ok to find and if not its pretty easy to make them. From the sounds of it the very top end of the raid scene is a bit of a mess with poopsocking and batphones. I think there are more casual guilds who do plane raids and suchlike (discounting the more desirable bosses who are ganked pretty fast).
I think this server represents one of the more competitive servers in classic, where high end raiding was not done by everyone and unless you were in one of the most elite guilds you would not see the very best gear. With Kunark being out for so long the end game seems to be a bit of a stalemate, but one velious is out it should give a bit more options for the less hardcore raiders to have some things to do.
It is a lot more fun than live anyhow which became very insular due to guildhalls and instances. I really did not know anyone outside my own guild. This server has a good feel to it as the community has its heroes and villains and its a nice open environment to group and meet different players on a daily basis.
I guess its up to you to decide what you think of it, but i would say its definitely worth give it a go. Having played live for 11 years this server has certainly renewed my enjoyment of eq.
Tombur
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