Since I had a few questions figured I would post alittle more info. The server isn't vanilla EQ with guild stuff on top, personally Ive played straight EQ enough and I also want to take advantage of all the new effects that are available.
One of the largest changes is that all loot has had a type 30 aug slot added to it. Type 30 augs drop globally within each expansion(so old world has tier 1 versions, kunark tier 2, etc). Each aug will add a proc to your char, there are 18 different effects for the augs and they come in 3 flavors: melee, caster and ranged. As example:
As you may notice they fit in all inventory slots and they do add a proc from whichever slot they are in(max procs for a char is set to 50 and the proc code was reverted so there is a chance to proc every hit as opposed to every round). Obviously they arent singularly as strong as a normal weapon proc however it allows for nearly infinite variations in character set ups(which I think is important for PVP).
The leveling mechanicism is also different(past 50). Once your guild unlocks Kunark and you are able to level to 60, its not as simple as it was getting to 50. In order to raise your level cap, you must delevel to 1 in the process you are granted an essence which is used to purchase breath weapons(and their upgrades). There are currently 5 different breath weapons available, this is one of them:
Now to reach the max level in any breath weapon is going to take a lot of effort seeing as by the time you reach the max level of 85(SoD), you will only have 35 essences which gets you to around 21-22(and this breath weapon is one of the cheaper ones). Once you reach max level, you can delevel as much as you want to continue gaining levels. However, once you gain a breath weapon, you also gain access to a very expensive AA that will eventually reduce the recast of that particular breath to under a min(from 5) so their will be choices where exp will be spent.
To make the deleveling process not as painful, all required and recommended levels have been removed as well as required click levels, worn levels etc as well the pre level 20 dmg restriction.