Questions from a new player

[Dergus]

Hello, I am new to EQ completely, and since I've been looking for a sort of open world fantasy ffa pvp game this emulator server caught my interest. What I was wondering is if a halfling druid is a good choice as a race/class. I've been doing some forum lurking, and read that rogue and warrior are basically impossible to solo, is that true? I figure since the pop seems pretty low that I'll prob be soloing a lot, but the issue is I don't want to play a druid if they're useless for groups due to there being so many of them apparently.

The way I imagine playing is just exploring the world and coming upon another player or group of players once and awhile to either team up with or fight, is that what the pvp is like? Or is it a bunch of asshats zerging griefing and cheating all day long as it seems it could be from a lot of the troll posts I've read on this forum.

Also a comment on the trolls whining about the server dying, are you guys that retarded to not realize that your posts probably ward off a lot of possible new players? Like myself, I'm pretty sure people do a bit of lurking before deciding to commit to a new game. Thanks in advance for any actual advice/sensible comments.