Any guides? Suggestions?

[Nilban]

Hey all,

I recently got everything set up and played a few minutes on the server. The music and sounds alone did me in. I'm already back on the hook and starting to sink. Getting ready for work and my wife asks me why I am humming. I said, ITS THE EVERQUEST INTRO, YOU WOULDN'T UNDERSTAND! NOW SHOO... after the redness wore from my face, I decided to come post this and ask a few things:

1) Anyone recommend any good guides on leveling and such? I used to have printed out maps and quest notes, but they are lost. I was very, very young when I started EQ in 1999, and have brief memories, but from what I recall, I barely quested while leveling, and basically sat in one spot and grinded the entire time. I only remember the crushbone orc quest and some bone chip quest or something if I recall (in the dwarf starting area and some chessboard farm place). Any help or guidance would be greatly appreciated.

2) I am stuck in windowed mode, and it's making the text and fonts and such VERY hard to read. I read the FAQ and followed the instructions, but I can't really figure out 100% why it is not working and going to full screen (or even mostly full screen). I am stuck with about 60% of my screen being EQ and the rest being desktop. Any other suggestions on how to fix this? I went into the .ini file and set it to 800x600, but it's still not working correctly.

3) I am not 100% sure on what class to main. As I will not be able to play like I did back in the day, (12-16 hr a day/neckbearded) I should still be fairly active and would love to get back into a decently active guild. On live, I played a 60 cleric (all I remember is smashing undead and cheal chains on Vindi) and a 60 mage (all I remember is pushing RZ into the wall when he was doing his cleave with 290 little pets) The rest is a blur. I was thinking a solo-friendly class such as a shaman, mage (for kicks and giggles and old time sakes) or a necro. I do remember fear kiting with a friend of mine on the necro in one of the PoP instances. Those were the days.

Anyway, thanks for the read and info/tips.

You guys and gals have a good one, and get with me if you want to play around (maybe level an alt or something with me =)

-Nilban (or other names, depending on the chars that I have)