I came back this month and have fooled around with a few different characters. It is definitely better than live. I didn't think the grouping experience was all that great at low levels. I'm talking below 15. The vast majority of people are twinked and you see a lot of people soloing for things like crushbone belts or gnoll fangs or being power leveled.
I cannot attest to anything outside of the low levels this time around and would defer to Jauna who said it gets better in the 20s. I played to level 35 a few years ago and I don't remember grouping being such a hassle.
If you have never tried P99 it is well worth giving it ago, just for the incredible nostolgia kick.
Right now I am debating whether I want to keep playing or just wait til hopefully they release P99 Green (a long rumored fresh recycle server) or if I can keep an eye on the forums for some new guild starting with a lot of low levels similar to Auld Lang Syne or something. I've even considered gauging the interest for a new version of ALS for low levels, since that guild seems to be fairly high level now. ALS is a non-twinking guild. I don't know the first thing about starting or running a guild unfortunately.
There are a lot of nice people on the server and from my experience people will randomly offer you PP or gear to help you get going. Just don't go in expecting it to be like a fresh server with lots of low levels grouping everywhere.
I don't mean to sound overly negative. I just wanted to relate what my experience has been the last month or so on P99. When it comes down to it, if you want to try it, you should.
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