Questions about rolling an iksar.

[LordSterben]

So I've been here about 3 weeks and I abandoned my warrior at level 15 in favor of my Ogre shammy that I love. However...I played classic for years and my chars always had a pretty common childhood. Crushbone, Common lands, Oasis...et. al. I'm thinking about rerolling my shaman as an iksar if only so I can experience growing up in kunark for the first time (finally lol)

Questions: is it easy to find groups in kunark newbie/lowbie zones?
Will the change from ogre to iksar be terribly painful....losing the HP, sta, stun immunity, etc...?

Mostly I want to know.if the kunark experience will be worth losing the perks of being an ogre =)