Welcome to the server, it is a great place. The way I see starting out on here is that finding groups is the biggest road block, which you already have covered. Gear is dirt cheap really, since all the good mobs are overcamped 24/7. For example, you said that you guys are thinking of a melee heavy group... things like sword of skyfire 10dmg/22dly sell for like 150pp in EC, or a monk could get a cane of the tranquil 11dmg/25dly for free probably. Also, people hand out stuff all the time for free in EC. With 1000pp, you could get buy weapons for the whole group that would last you until level 50.
Also, you are all playing together, and I am sure you can choose characters of different races and can find a friendly druid/wiz to port and bind you all to one place to group together from level 1!
The community here is odd to me. It seems more immature in a lot of regards, such as insults, trolling, etc, but the skill level is much higher than live and there are a lot more friendly people than I remember.
Also, #1 protip: avoid the forums outside of Server Chat, East Commonlands Tunnel, or the bug reporting/tech forum. Ignore all forum drama.
The raid scene is a bit messed up with dirty tactics but don't worry about it, can worry about that when you are level 46+ and the pixel lust is in full effect and you are foaming at the mouth for gear. Also, although I am in one of the raid guilds, I suggest you start out in smaller guilds that do planar clears, leveling groups, etc. once you get into the teens. Check the Guild Discussion forum.
Enjoy it... EQ is 5x better to me than the original was, now that I don't linkdead every hour and take 5 min to zone. Welcome back!
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