Amazing Server! Questions...

[Tovin]

Hey Everyone,

So I stumbled across this server a week ago and as I'm sure you all did -- I quickly became nostalgic/obsessed. When I get back from vacation, I will definitely be starting up a new account. So much for the new years resolution to work out more, eh?

Anyways -- a little background on me (feel free to skip over it) and then a few questions for everyone that I wasn't able to determine from the forum posts:

Background
Starting playing EQ during classic and was instantly addicted. Didn't join a high end raiding guild until SoV, but I've experienced all content in the appropriate time frames (12 person Sol-B Efreeti camps, etc.) Played in a hardcore raiding guild up through and including Depths of Darkhollow. While I played on a bunch of different servers, my most notable characters were:
Lanys: Tovin (Necro)
Tholuxe Paells / Torvonnilous (I played on both, forget the chars): Tovinn (Monk)
Antonius Bayle: Tovin/Karinthia/Shakkha -- Monk/Cleric/Warrior 3-box combo in the guild "Tide"
I'm all grown up now so I can no longer play like I used to (60 hr sessions are out of the question), but I'm looking forward to some good classic EQ fun.

Questions
1 - How "talented" are the players here? Question sounds ridiculous, I know. Some of my favorite memories of EQ are times when groups/raids took down content with far fewer people than it was originally designed for. Is this type of thing common on P99?

2 - What's does class desirability look like from a grouping/leveling standpoint? Seems int casters/clerics/bards are in high demand in the raid scene, what about leveling up? I prefer Monks/Enchanters(Overplayed?) or any class where skill can be a real game changer. Is it too late for low-levels to join the server?

3 - What's the status of Kunark? I have this Monk obsession and would likely go Iksar, though it appears as though Kunark is still in Beta.

4 - How's the population on Sat/Sun morning EST? My girlfriend sleeps in til noon so this is prime playtime for me!

Thanks all!

Tovin

P.S. I recognized some names from Tholuxe Paells -- Cikrasis (Alhazron); Torvonnilous -- Canlrony (Ripcord) + Zenthar (Dither); and Antonius Bayle -- Zasbus (Coldsiln). Any of these folks still playing?