Population at all levels is healthy. People tend to stick more to certain zones for leveling than I remember on live but there will always be people your level online. Pick a "group friendly" class if you dont want to solo.
The biggest change between here and 2000 live imo is that here the players are 100x more educated about eq and mechanics. On live we were figuring it all out, here it is well figured out down to the nth degree.
This is the best everquest experience you will find on the internet 1-59. The server is very friendly to new players, tons of low level equipment on the market, and there are leveling guilds to join.
At the top end of raiding it is cutthroat and most raids are done when the mob spawns, not when you schedule the raid.
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