Re: Population and Learning Curve
Population really depends on the server you pick. Some servers are pretty dead, some not as much. Like Vir said, go through character creation at prime-time and it will give you a hint because the server list is sorted (or at least used to be) by population. AB and Nagafen are probably the 2 highest population servers, but AB is role-playing prefered and Nagafen is PvP so just keep that in mind.
As for the learning curve...it depends some on your chosen class, but I personally never found the game that difficult. Biggest challenge to me was always learning my way around the various zones, but you have that no matter what game you play.
As for solo/group as you level. That is often times your choice. There are solo quest-lines for all the zones that you can choose to follow that will level you pretty quickly and effectively if you don't feel social, but there are usually groups running in all tiers as well so when you want to group, odds are you'll find one in fairly short order. And of course, monitor your server forums and of course the guild recruitment pages in-game cuz when you find a good/active guild on your server that makes gettings groups and help even easier.
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