Few questions from an outsider

[Natewest1987]

Hi franz.

1) I'm generally cool with the neckbeards, and I don't really care if the guild I'm a part of is a "zerg guild" whatever gets the content done. That said, how easy is it to break into raiding guilds in this community? p99 has a certain... reputation. I also haven't been playing with any of you for the last 10 years, so I don't have any in game connections to this server unless I've played with some of you on p2002.

2) Leaning towards necromancer, but I don't know if dots will stack here? Are they desirable on raids without mindwrack and potentially without stacking dots ? Not sure if twitch is enough given smaller mana pools in this time period than what I'm used to.
-if- I do go necromancer, would that be terribly stupid to do pre-kunark? I never got into necro's until iksars were a thing.

3) Another consideration is that I could play a shaman or a cleric. I don't have a lot of interest in cleric gameplay, but if I have to pay my dues that way to open doors... then... grab the lube -_-. Most my experience in all levels of content is in enchanters, but I'm sure the community will be over saturated with them. Thoughts on shaman / cleric ?

4) Any hints on good tradeskills to take up early on that will be beneficial throughout the release of new timelines and help at launch ?

THANKZ