Aradune differences?

[Kich867]

I finally was able to login to Aradune last night, was thinking of continuing my solo-self-found adventures there. Rough start, the game crashes constantly and it lags horribly between zones, honestly it feels like shit but I'm hoping its just because of the population. Pathing looks dooky as well, a decaying skeleton chasing me ran in a zigzag pattern for some reason, took forever.

Having not played live EQ in ages, can someone explain a few things to me?


What is out of combat resting? If its sufficiently high, is there any real advantage to being a Troll for instance?

Are there any XP penalties/advantages for any race/class anymore?

Are those newbie armor quests still in on Aradune or are those removed due to the classic timeline?

I noticed my AC was like, idk, "8/36", what the fuck does that mean?

Is there a wiki sort of like P99's wiki that's vaguely up to date? I tried to find resources for this game and most just go to daybreaks obscenely shit forums.

Are there any significant changes to how combat works?


Thanks