How is the server for a new player?
 

Hello! I was very active on EQ from around Kunark-PoP. (Torvonillous server represent!) I never had a max level toon or raided, but I loved the social aspect of leveling and grouping and exploring the world. WoW has managed to kill that feeling of exploration and socializing by just sitting in my city and queuing for a dungeon.

So how is this server for a new comer coming to join. Are the leveling zones pretty populated and is it easy to find a group?

Yes, if you love classic eq.. this is heaven in a box.

Leveling up and making friends is for sure the best time you will have on this server.

Levelling up new characters is excellent fun (unless you are the jealous kind that gets sadfaced by other people twinking).

there is people everywhere bud. i dont solo at all..

it's awesome! make some friends and have a blast!

I am a new player as well. I am having a blast soloing. People run by and buff you, people are dropping equipment upgrades on me all the time. East Commons Tunnel is hopping with traffic.

Easiest time to join. Items are extremely cheap, and tons of folks give out free stuff is a lot different from live in that regard. Folks buff more than on live too imo. Stay in the EC tunnel hub area 1-20 (ec/wc/nro/oasis crocs) to take advantage of lots of tunnel buffs too. Makes up for lack of gear.

Some zones are unpopular and don't have people in them hardly for pick-up groups. Nevertheless, short of adding 1-1.5k more people to the server 1-50 in order to fill up some zones, it's a great experience. Crushbone, Unrest, MM are incredibly popular, as is the area of EC/Oasis/etc.

This server is very new player friendly. You can't make a naked alt without someone running by and giving you gear. Leveling is the best part of p99.