I used to play for about 10 ages or so before stopping for a couple of years; now I see invites are mostly invitation based--fantastic change there but overall not too much looks terribly different.
When I played I went through all the roles; heavy T/M, A/T, A/M, pure A. I was monarch for multiple ages and led a 4/4 war kingdom that was somewhere on the honor charts that age.
I'm not looking for a "we are always top 50" kingdom, just a group of fun people who have some coordination and good activity. I don't use IRC, but can get msn if necessary, or just take texts on my phone. Also, being that cell phones now win much more than those in the past, I can potentially run ops or attacks just about any time (and am not opposed to waking up, calculating for a few minutes, hitting the button and rolling back over).
Looking at an A/T hybrid, either human sage with heavy A or halfling rogue with heavy T. Can follow orders well in war and have a good time doing it!
Hopefully I find some fun this age!