Ok, gonna try to address some of this stuff:
FFA pvp, but capped at 10 levels. Full coin loot, no item loot. No XP lost to a player death. Proper only at the moment, planes Soon(TM). Kunark after that, but then I imagine it will be quite some time before Velious, as they didn't even have that on the server before the wipe for progression. PVE is across-the-board quite a bit easier. Very low aggro radius, no huge trains because mobs just path directly to you auto-follow style(even going through walls) instead of doing cracked out shit and pissing a bunch of others off as happened often in EQ(this also means there's no real pathing sploits to speak of
). Kunark supposedly to be opened upon the deaths of Cazic, Inno, and Eye of Veeshan(!!!).
To the guy who mentioned the old EQ xp grind, this server is 6x and there are druids/mages/clerics available to help you guys level. 50 for a whole group in one day is pretty doable with some PL. That being said, it's a lot more fun to do it the normal way.
PLing won't happen until tomorrow afternoon/evening.
About classes - A few things to know about this server that may help you decide.
-Fear and charm do not work on players.
-MR/FR/CR/etc all work about like you remember in general, but stuns in particular are very hard to resist. It wouldn't be all that unlikely to get a stun off on a bard 10 levels higher than you with 250+MR, for example.
-Int casters tend to get killed really fast. Remember, this is early, HP and resists on casters suck ass before end-game Velious.
-Melee does a lot more damage than you think it does. Tyen absolutely rapes people on his paladin with a Mith 2h.
-Monks pretty much suck at pvp until Kunark, then they dominate with the Tstaff.
-Necros seem lame. Maybe it's just Keystone.
-Mez and whirl are crazy OP. And say your buddy gets mezzed, if he's in your guild, you two have to duel before you can hit him to break it.
And folks: Rubicite is indeed dropping in cazic, the EE drops manastones, specters drop the box, drelzna drops jboots, and the old guise is in. For now, anyway.
