Old EQ player coming back

[Larken]

I, like many others it seems, have lately discovered P99 thanks to the Everquest 16 year anniversary. I couldn't be more happy and excited as EQ between 1999 - 2001 was the best times I ever had playing a computer game!
I've spent a little time browsing the forums and to my surprise and joy it seems like this community is thriving but I have a few questions if that's ok.

1) Population is of course number one, there's nothing worse than a ghost town server. How is the player base on low and mid levels on the blue server? I can see the current number of players online at any given moment but that doesn't say much as I don't remember how many players an old thriving EQ server used to have.

2) Any significant problems with cheaters running third party programs? Cheating players take away all the fun.

3) Is the PVP server playable i.e. can you find groups throughout the levels?

4) I read somewhere that the servers are running on their 4th or 5th year and that Velious will be released at some point. What are the long and short term plans for P99, new servers, resetting etc?

Sorry for all the questions, but I'm super excited and can't wait to start. Thanks for all!

Larken