Greetings! (First Time EQ Player)

[Kope]

Welcome,

There are generally "hot spot" zones where it's much easier to get groups as you level up.

First I would suggest going over to Greater Faydark to level up (make sure you get a bind). You can migrate to Crushbone at ~ level 8 or 10. Once you hit ~ level 14 you can move to Unrest (ask people for directions or look at the maps on the Project 1999 wiki (just google Project 1999 wiki).

From there you should probably have made a few friends and follow them around a bit. People like Mistmoore about level 23 to ~ 30, 35. You can also go to the Freeport area from ~level 4 and level there, get some handouts from the higher levels and get some buffs (just don't beg a lot).