Low Level Questions on Courtesy

[Arakash]

When I'm running towards someone and they're running towards me (does anyone walk in EQ?), should I veer to my right or to my left, or should I just run right through them for a moment of nerd oneness?

What is the point of stealth buffs? My low level necro (level 11) was exploring the Warrens (it's been years since I've been there) learning the ropes on solo dungeon crawling when out of the blue, no hello, no conversation or greeting whatsoever, a well-meaning druid cast some level 50 buffs on me. Suddenly, I had a thorny shield and some other buffs and what was once a challenging area (for my level) of the dungeon was trivialized. I clicked off the god-mode buffs but then he proceeded to buff me again still without saying a word. It was actually quite disruptive. I've found these stealth buffs to be the oddest and even the creepiest thing about low level zones.