newbie question

[jman0war]

Hi,
This project looks very interesting.
I used to play EQ many years ago and really enjoyed it.
I would like to ask a couple questions if u don't mind.

1. All i have to do is purchase this, install it and (after creating an account here) connect to a server and play?
Or, must i setup my own server?

If the former, how are the servers performing?
Is it good enough?
I'm connecting from Ireland, are there any long running/stable servers located in Europe?

Also, is it adviseable to get EQ Secrets of Faydwer PLUS expansions? Like this?
Or is most of that redundant?