I think the answer to number 4 is here
http://www.everquestserver.com/forum...ic.php?t=10937
5 is prob a comp issues are you playing on the same computer your running your world and zone and mysql? if so your computer has to be meaty to handle it
6 is more then likely a bandwidth issue we have less of it on Raevenloft after DR5
7 is a faction fix. unless factions are not 100% in the code.
hope this helps some
Kgaul