Blue pop is 650 to 1500
Red pop is 30 to 135
(depending on day of the week and hour of the day. busiest times are American evenings (mostly EST) and week-ends, but not only)
All classes are over represented at any levels.
On blue most played are: Druid, Necro, Monk
Least played are: Paladin, Wizard
But no class is either omnipresent nor completely absent.
At this point in time in Blue, any race is equally playable. Iksars are still today "super evil" and you will need to work around it a bit, but as for the classic evil trio (troll, ogre and dark elf) they have countless options to thrive everywhere and you shouldn't limit yourself to not playing a race because it is "restrictive" apart for maybe Iksars, and even then.
The only levelling guild on red is <Sanctuary>
On Blue many guilds are active across all levels, you should probably start unguilded, join PUGs and when you find someone you like ask about their guildtag and if they are recruiting
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Necro advice: server is old and Low Tier items are getting
very cheap! Get yourself some HP (the 5ac55hp rings for exemple) and some basic INT gear. Look for the 50-250pp per slot options, they are great. Then you should probably save all your pesos to buy a pre-nerf Circlet of Shadows. Of course buy all your spells (they get expensive fast) and look for the research ones (no need to work on Research yourself if you don't want to; many high level Necro can do the combines for you if that's not your thing). Lastly don't be afraid to group a lot; Necros might be "Kings of Solo" up there with Enchanters and Shamans, but they are also very fun and useful in groups and it's a nice skill to practice (they can heal, CC, dps, FD pull, undead shenanigans, etc). The class in group is also not
that busy so you can chat and socialize if that's your kind of thing.
Good luck and enjoy the server!
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