More items, ports and binds will be nice, but the main issue here is that a class like a warrior is completely screwed without a group, or at least a partner that can heal. A lack of people to level up with during off hours is something that will probably get worse as the server matures, not better.
I started an enchanter last week, and while I've had some great groups, a majority of my time leveling has been spent solo, duo, or trio. I've played a lot during the middle of the night, and at least at low levels, there really isn't anyone to group with a lot of the time. One night I spent 4-6 hours LFG and didn't receive a single tell. That is something that would NEVER have happened during 1999. I also played a chanter on the combine, and I've already done more soloing on this server by level 12 than I'd done by level 60 on the combine. Had I decided to roll a warrior, I probably would have rerolled another class or quit all together by now.
I'm really feeling for untwinked low level warriors right now. I dragged a wars corpse to the zoneline in HHP as I was passing through last night. When he got to HHP to loot, he sent me a tell asking for an invis so he could run through as well. By that time I was already most of the way through EK and it was already 5am, so as much as I wanted to help, I couldn't turn back at that point. The war literally had no way to continue on to Qeynos short of back tracking to EC and trying the southern route through the rathe mountains and up through SK. It really made me realize that had I rolled a war, most of my time spent soloing would have been spent standing around picking boogers instead.
Widan raises a very good point. One of the most important "features" of old school EQ was the large number of people that played the game. The comparatively small population of this server is a huge blow to the effort to recreate the classic experience. Small deviations from classic to help counteract problems caused by low population could result in a more classic experience. Just something to consider. Perhaps we're getting close to the time when 2 (and only 2) boxing should be allowed, at least in some situations.
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