A Necromancer from scratch on Lethar, a quiet live EverQuest server with no pick zones and nothing handed to you.
A full day of Crescent Reach quest running at level 11 on Lethar: cougar fangs, mushrooms, lemonade, a torch and a ceremonial blade, then a long and vague hunt for the Spirits of Wisdom and Truth in Dragon Grove. The Necromancer is at 204 intelligence with one point of mana regeneration and a new pet on the way, and there is an announcement of a separate Shaman series on a live server.
Starting a Necromancer from nothing on Lethar, a quiet live EverQuest server with no pick zones. The tutorial for baseline gear and platinum, a Legends UI skin ported across, and a mercenary the server will not let me hire.
Back the next day with the tutorial actually playable, the Lethar fresh-start lockbox claimed, and the first Necromancer spells bought. Still no mercenary, and no Defiant gear on this server at all.