Qeynos is a harsh mistress

[maahes]

Qeynos will always be my favorite city in eq. So many memories of mowing the lawn over and over and over again.

[Estovia]

This depends on what you want to do, really.

Blackburrow was pretty populated when I was in there 13+

Qeynos offers one of the more diverse newbie areas with the newb area, qeynos hills, qeynos catacombs, and Blackburrow all having something to offer.

If you're really hard up, you can run to NK (pretty harmless if you pay attention) and nab a port to BB/Gfay and go start in Crushbone. That place is almost always populated in some way.

[Palemoon]

I love the Qeynos area

[Kika Maslyaka]

+1 to Qeynos love.
thought I also like Halas/EverFrost - going there, I always feel like I am returning home - my first char was a barbi shaman, but sadly short lived (lev 15)

[Raelador]

Grouping really isn't a big thing on this server unless you have friends you play with.

[gloine36]

I'm a diehard Faydwer supporter. The newbie yards outside of Kaladim are great to get to lvl 5. Then head to Greater Faydark and start offing orcs for the belts. Grouping on Orc Hill is rite of passage for all EQ players. Crushbone offers great group areas as well. Problem with starting in Qeynos is the absence of a wizard spire or druid ring in the western half of the continent. That was a huge error for Classic Eq.