When it comes to the differences between the Titanium and Secrets of Faydwer clients, I can offer no advice as I've gotten neither myself. But, due to the rarity of Titanium and the price tag associated with the ones I can find, I'll likely be getting SoF and I get let you know how it works out for me. As some others may have pointed out, there's other ways of ..erm.. acquiring .. Titanium, but I wouldn't recommend it. However unlikely the proposition of getting in hot water for using that method, it's still possible. I did a lot of stuff like that up until recently, when my ISP threatened to shut down my internet for torrenting a game I actually own.
I don't know how putting items in crafting objects works, I've never done it, but when I played EQ Live, I can distinctly remember many occasions where I just put something on the ground, logged out & back in, and retrieved it without it suddenly disappearing or getting picked up. The only instance I recall where that didn't work was when I did it near the Freeport bank.. and it was a very bad choice of location of my part.
As for classes, The Cleric and the Warrior are definitely going to get you in the groups, and Enchanters and Bards stand a good chance. I know a good Enchanter is always welcome, and when I played EQ up until GoD a Bard generally was high in demand. I don't see why a Rogue wouldn't get many groups, but I never got too far into a Rogue so I can't say for sure. The Rogue and Warrior may have some difficulty later on if they can't find a group, but I don't think that will be a problem, especially for the warrior. I can safely say that I leveled my Half-Elf Warrior up to 40 with soloing (and the occasional group) and the original and Kunark-expansion zones. It only took forever.
For raiding, I'd say a Wizard, Cleric, or Warrior.. Cleric or Warrior given your list. Unfortunately, I haven't raided on P99 yet, so don't take my word for it, that's just my assumption.
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