EQ veteran, EQemu newbie

[khaliss]

Hi all,

I've played EQ for close to 4 years (started in 2001 and retired in 05). I was part of a raiding guild (Assent/Maelin Starpyre) and pretty much raided content from SSRA up to Dragons of Norath. After that, played WoW for awhile and a couple other MMOs but didn't last for long.

Anyway, I'm excited again to go back to the original MMO that I fell in love with. I've setup my PC to run EQEmu last night and tested it out with EZ server.

Before I go start playing, here are some of things I'm looking for in a server:
1.) 3-box maximum
2.) group friendly, mature, & casual players/community
3.) as close to EQlive as possible
4.) slightly faster XP progression; slightly better rare drop rates, etc.
5.) stable long-term server; minimum downtimes
6.) resilient to cheats/hacks/etc.
7.) has a thriving economy (bazaar)

Recommendations?

Thanks,

Khaliss