New player questions

[Albinodarkelf]

Hello I recently found out about p99 and having a blast but...
I made a mage and didn't really care for the passive play-style and I hated the character name so I deleted it. I'm currently looking into making a bard they seem to be a lot more active in their role at least when pulling and switching songs and stuff.

First I would like to say that the wiki has been extremely helpful in helping me get back into the swing of things (even though I have no characters on my account currently) with my mage when I played it up to around level 20.

I would also like to add that I had played the game originally on live around the time the game was live with Everquest Trillogy but I was only 13 or so back then.

My questions are...

1) How do you guys think of names? I have been at the character naming screen for almost 2 whole days. Tried hundreds of names.. all taken. I even tried some off the wall stuff, nothing... I tried name generators and everything I dunno... I'm one of those people who if I don't like my name I wont like my character. (one of the main reasons I deleted my 20 mage)

2) A little intimidated by the wiki saying bards need to have backpacks full of different sets of gear for each situation be it puller, dpser, or off tank (maybe main tank). I could barely carry anything on my mage, how do bards carry all this gear without slowing to a crawl? I noticed weight reduction bags are super pricey and are lvl 45+ to drop.

3) Is pulling using lulls, mez, charms, complicated? I cant seem to find a guide on it. Is there a good low level place to practice? Or does it pretty self explanatory once you get the spells to do so?