P99 Newbie Questions

[Saromez]

Hey everyone, first of all from what I've seen/read the server looks great. I'be been on the retail Fippy server for since it launched, and it just wasn't working out. Poor community, a LOT of arguing and whining, and a bad overpopulation issue messed the whole thing up for me. Anyway,.I came across p99 and it looks like just what I wanted - a classic EQ.experience. I do have some questions though:

1. How is population? Will I have a difficult time finding a group at any level? Will I see other players often or seldom?

2. ...are corpse runs in? I assume so, but I couldn't find the answer with Google.

3. What roles/classes are needed? Which aren't? Which we're more fun to play in classic? I'm thinking of rolling a Bard, but I've always known /melody, how are they without that command?

4. What's a good guild?

That's all, thanks!