Another new guy here thread.

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My experience thus far has been several hours i played as a shadow knight about 9 years ago. But i have since forgotten all that info. just that i played it for about 3 hours. so im essentially walking into P99 with a clean slate.

And recently leveling up a wizard to lvl 3. (several more hours spent). i have yet to wander more than 300 yards outside the gates of Erdin.

but im thinking of starting another character as im not really feeling the wizard. That said, i have some questions. Since the standard google search yields nothing useful since everything pertains to EQ now, not EQ back in the day.


stat caps? are there any? Diminishing returns?

At higher levels, does the race/class matter as much? such as an ogre warrior opposed to a halfling warrior? If race/class does matter, is there a site/link with said info?

Ive seen a post somewhere here in my lurking that warriors and i think bards were horrible picks for newbies. any reason why?

what class would be good for a newbie to learn the game and not be frustrated by overwhelming info?

Is twinking an issue the way it is in WoW? those with characters they can afford to pimp out, will I be slowing down a group (so to speak) because my numbers arent up to their standard?

And a friend of mine (who has logged hundreds of hours in classic eq) has stated she would join me as a cleric. what would be a class to best compliment her?

At what level should i start seeking out groups? Or, what level does soloing become so painful that grouping is the best option? (i like grouping btw).

i know i have more questions, but this was what i could think of.