Well, lol, there are several zones, which are areas that you enter,
takes a loading time, and have different creatures. some cities have
seperate zones. eq is meant to play in rp, or just regularly in your
own style. you can meet friends, make money in game and buy items,
become very strong and help out friends if you wish. the enemies only
attack if they hate you, except for some that attack anything. you
can duel other players if you wish, making them enemies or you can
just turn in the book of discord. when being a rogue, dont pickpocket
the guards, they will kill you. you can stop attacking a monster and
pickpocket and attack again as a strategy. joining a guild isnt
really something you would like to do at low levels. you can join
one, and if lucky one that is really helpful. they can help, or you
can help them, say epic weapons? those take long most of the time and
you usually have to kill a hard monster. sometimes guild members
pitch in for a tradeskill you are currently doing.
There are city peoples, such as merchants, guards, and quest npc's.
you can pickpocket them, but you might die. you can run to zone and
off their hate list, but that might not happen. so dont try to steal
from good npc's, just monsters.