well, melee dps have a slight advantage over range dps though in term of queue time for dungeons :P

furthermore you should just find a guild, there are some guilds out there that like to take "new" players into their family. you won't only have people there doing dungeons with, but you will also find some friends there as well you may stick to for a long time^.^

there are alot of changes made since back then, slightly more content, but alot in general.
just try out a month, the 12,xx€ shouldn't hurt :P