Old EQer coming back for more.

[Gratal]

I played EQ from launch to around Gates of Discord and recently had an urge to play again without all the extra crap they added. Was hoping to find a private server with EQ/Kunark/Velious, but this one interested me.

So, I was wondering if any of you could help me search through the fog of my memory to remember exactly what the state of EQ was for this server. There's so many things that were added just in Kunark/Velious, I can't remember what the state of the classes were.

For instance:
Are the xp penalties for races still in effect?
Do pets summon at random level range or at max?
Are rangers still useless? (I remember them becoming pretty good after one point)
Do Bards get meditate? (That one was a life-saver)
Are zones such as Paineel available? (Erudite Necro ftw! =P)

Thanks for any replies, I'm just trying to get a feel for what patches have been done.