Hey Forlo - welcome to boxing EQ2!

AB is a great server for RP - lot of friendly and helpful ppl on there - and with an all ratty crew, you have plenty of inspiration to come up with a great RP background story

Just to throw in some suggestions if you would like to go into RP a little deeper (visually) which may help your background story - I like to run my rats (only play rats too) all in:
- either the RoK legendary AC - 'used' to look really nice but since a few patches ago the graphics have been 'tweeked' (/cough cough) a bit so it doesn't look as spectacular IMHO but the gear is still easy to get and waaaay better looking than TSO
- all robes (worn with the hood up - like monks) - you will be able to get some great cloth / robe sets (all different primary colours, red, blues, etc.) through RoK questing - looks quite good when the team wears the same set / colour
- been experimenting with placing the same weapon in each chars display but this comes unstuck as some classes cannot display / use certain classes of weapons, etc. (i.e., mage with a slasher, rouge with a crusher, etc.)
- keep an eye on the AH and use your wardrobe view (ctrl+Lclick) to display items for sale - some of it looks quite ok, even the really cheap stuff for a few copper/silver pieces - BUT - most aren't complete sets - AND - most won't share the same name which makes finding the stuff very trial by error
- if you can, have a play with seeing if you like a small tank with big slaves - i.e., mystery moppet disguise from the veteran rewards - good for a larf

zerk/warden/inquis/coercer/dirge - I'm very excited for endgame with this crew, although, I would love to add a 6th.
- the 6th (DPS) will definately help your end-game
- as a rough really rule of thumb, I know placing a rouge in my group will add anything from 2k and up to my overall group dps - they do around the 2k when out of position or timers down - but mostly average an easy 3-4k+ with just basic styling - when combined with buffs, debuffs, procs, timers, etc., DPS will skyrocket for a few thousand more
- sure, played solo, a rogue can do way more DPS than what I have suggested above but I just try and make sure they do a respectable output which works in most situations

I have a tendency to get 80 then quit without advancing anymore
- your not alone, lot of ppl do the same thing - EQ2 is funny that way - seems to be more 'adventure' and fun leveling than the end game sometimes
- if it helps, something I did to give myself a break from sharding / epics is I level up and perma-lock chars at selected levels, for instance, I perma-locked a char at 70 for KoS runs - also planning on perma-locking a guy at 80 for RoK fun runs

Yes thats correct, you cant just spend more than 100 AA before 70, but you can still gain AAs
- ???? I must admit, been a while since I have leveled anything but it didn't use to be that at all so I apologise in advance if this has changed
- the way it used to be - any AAs gained after hitting 100AA whilst below level 70 were lost
- this meant that I had to ding 71 before AAs would start accruing again, it also meant I had to keep locking / unlocking to ensure I didn't hit the cap
- has this changed?

Edit:
- The ability to still accrue AAs (i.e., >100) whilst under the level 70 cap has been playing on my mind
- In 'theory' if I was level 10, I 'could' accrue 200AAs but only spend 100AA - this just doesn't sound right TBTH
- I do know the PVP boys go for the 100AA at lvl 10 for a bit of a gankfest at lower levels but have never heard of a level 10 with 200 accrued AA