[Riotgirl]

Thanks people! It's good to hear that there are a lot of P99 players who also enjoy vanilla WOW.

I've rolled Gogoyubari on the P2P server, and expect to be rolled by Horde once I venture out in a few levels or so. That's part of the appeal.

Everything so far has been smooth and plain-sailing: from installation, to creating a character, logging on, getting used to the UI, and configuring windows. Very intuitive and polished. The design philosophy seems to be to help players get on their way, not in their way.

I have no desire to use a Wiki or any other web-resource at the moment. When I get some more time towards the weekend, I'd like to play the game on my terms and begin to discover things for myself.

I now have a better appreciation for how hostile EQ can appear to new players, especially players who may be post 90s gamers.

Thanks for the support and offers of help. I'm quite interested to find out just how bad (or good) the community actually is.