Wanting to come backFollow

After playing all the MMOs even beta testing the ones about to come back, Im thinking about coming back to DAoC. One question though is it still the grind until you drop? Or have they added new stuff to it for it wont just be grinding and task.

catacombs made leveling so much easier. You can do it entirely in task dungeons now, and by doing very easy quests that give substantial rewards

Gareth is the only server that is not clustered. No ToA items there, and newer, so might be good choice for you unless you wanted the Master Level abilities and artifacts also, then you would need to go to a regular server.