Qeynos is a harsh mistress

[ArumTP]

Well I am a new player to project99. Started a cleric once again, and correcting any "mistakes" during character creation. I thought I had it all figured out, except for one thing... Qeynos. There is nobody here, I'd venture to say there is nobody west of kithkor around, unless farming ~something~. It makes the game fairly unplayable, as a cleric. Nobody to group with, nobody selling junk to get out of cloth armor. I knew Everquest is difficult, but this is a new level of difficult, like not viable to play unless I am twinked difficult.

Are all the low level zones this barren and unplayable?