1. Pop has always been great, it's much more active than Offi eu classic. All zones feel alive and you have to fight for spots 24/7 at high levels.
2. There are plenty of people coming and going, you won't play alone.
3.
Destro -> fall asleep auto attacking. You can get bow at lower levels and join random raid boss parties, it won't be the fastest exp, but will give you a way to collect adena so you can buy a weapon at 40/52.
Gladi -> Same shit, but you can join aoe parties.
Tyrant -> when you hit EV, you solo pull and kill trains solo, by doing AoE-RuN rotation.
Above 60, you should already have a clan/party to do group activities.
4. There are herbs of progress that give 20%? if i remember correctly for a few mins extra exp until level 40, they only drop in some zones, check the forum for more info, there was an announcement when they added them.
5. They are always worth, personally I always prefered pure farming. There are plenty of ways to make adena while playing the game on a non-dwarf character so if you dont find it fun, I would skip it.
6.
It's easier to kite mobs, take advantage
You can drop equipped items when you die(to mobs) or from your inventory. Carrying 10-20 magic rings in your inventory helps a bit..
If enemies/randoms see you have mobs on you they might try to stun lock you, so you die to mobs and you drop an item, like your weapon.
Exp on classic takes x7 the amount to level up compared to the other chronicles, so even if this server is x3 exp it will feel like x0.42 GF server. Long dedication to the game is why this community has been alive for more than 2 years
Classic gets constantly updated as it's the newest chronicle, patches come over time that add content/sets/levels/skills etc, think of it as WoW expansions
Port are free before 40, make your 2nd prof quest before you hit 40 or suffer.
Debuffs land rate is good, so it's not damage spam fest only, you can defeat better geared player with CC, if you are a better player than he is even though he does double your damage for example.
Epics can be upgraded, they have 3 tiers, for example you need 4 core rings to make one tier3 ring, tier3 epics have unique uses. For example core3 instantly removes debuffs from your char.
Spellbooks are cancer to get, especially Death Whisper. Better start farming them as soon as you can, DW chance to drop is 1/10000 for example.