Quoting @WoW_Refugee without quotes. Questions in italics, my comments in normal.

When I created a character, I don't recall being given a choice of servers other than NA or EU. Does that mean there are only two servers?

There's six servers altogether, NA and EU for PC, XBox and PS4. So yes, only two for PC. You choose which server to play on in the game launcher. Characters only exist on the respective server and are not linked/copied.

How solo-friendly is this game?

It is very solo friendly. There's certainly more solo content, as in exploration, questing and achievements, than group content. Quests and story are very good too.

I've heard there are three factions, each of which has its own origin area, plus a dedicated PVP area. When players from different factions meet outside the designated PVP area, can they fight if they both want to fight? Conversely, if one of them doesn't want to fight, can the other successfully engage in harassment such as killing quest-givers, etc.?

Outside Cyrodiil, you can fight other players by initiating a "duel". That only lasts though until one is dead, and has to be re-initiated afterwards. Quest givers, merchants and other relevant NPCs cannot be killed. There's not much you can do to other players outside of duels, except for maybe hitting them with mudballs or kamikaze crows (which doesn't do any damage). Or stealing grabbing resources nodes before they can.

In what ways, if any, can members of different factions interact (e.g., talking face-to-face, sending tells, sending mail, trading)?

Since One Tamriel, faction separation is basically non-existent outside of Cyrodiil. You can freely travel to any faction zone and interact with players of any faction.

Does this game focus more on the end-game experience or the leveling experience?

While playing your first character, it's more about leveling up. That happens automatically while you do your quests and exploration. Once you reach champion level with one character, and especially once you reach the CP cap, it's more of a horizontal development system though. Levels don't play that much of a role anymore. You go through the phase of (quickly) leveling up new chars to 50 so you can use them in end game. Progress comes from getting and upgrading gear and practicing your skills, timing and rotation.

I've heard that instead of a global auction house there are numerous guild markets. How many of these markets are there and how spread out are they?

Oh there's lots. Like 10 in each major city.

I understand one has to be a member of the guild to sell something through those markets. Does one also have to be a member of the guild to BUY something through these markets?

No, you can walk up to a guild trader, which has been hired by a specific guild, and buy stuff from them without having to be in that guild.

I've heard there's no cosmetic system of any kind. Does that mean everybody at a certain level looks pretty similar?

Absolutely not. There's tons and tons of options to combine each gear piece (head, shoulder, hands, chest, pants, shoes, belt) in heavy, medium and light, in dozens of styles, and you can dye (color) them in dozens of colors. Facial and body customization during character creation (or re-design using crown store tokens) is also quite extensive. In addition there's cosmetic items like costumes, skins, hats, facial/skin markings etc. It rarely happens that I meet a character that look similar to mine.

Re 1: It depends whether you are going to subscribe or not; to have access to all DLC's you need to buy them in game or pay a subscription (ESO+). So, there are three possibilities, if you want full package:
1. buy the Morrowind Digital Collector's Edition and pay a monthly sub, which gives you nice bonuses and acces to all DLC's;
2. buy the Morrowind Digital Collector's Edition and then all the DLC's separately in game, without subbing (pricey);
3. buy the Gold Edition and the the Morrowind Digital Collector's UPGRADE, what gives you all main DLC's except two "dungeon" expansions (which can be bought separately in game), without need to subscribe.
The first option is best if you want to play regularly and have all benefits in game; second is good if you want to try the game first and later decide if you want to invest more; third option is best, if you don't plan to play regularly or don't want to sub, but want to have full package.

Edit: As you already bought the Morrowind DCE: if you like the game and want to have all DLC's, I would consider buying this: https://www.elderscrollsonline.com/en-us/crownstore/item/723?guilds-and-glory-the-4dlc-megapack, or subscribing https://www.elderscrollsonline.com/en-us/esoplus

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It's super solo-friendly. Most of what I do is solo, except on a rare occasion.

Agreed. Also if on PC NA check out Lone Wolf Help guild. They are extremely helpful when us solo'ers need advice or help with harder boss fights, etc.

Hey! I hope you don't mind me "borrowing" your topic.
I'm lvl 50, 100 cp, and I'm wondering how do I gear up now? Do I have to craft it, do group things? If so which one? Can I start with Veteran dungeons with my "pleb" setup? I still have to do Coldharbour main story. I'm currently focusing on other regions for now.

@yoco007, as @kringled_1 said... do not bother too much with gear at this point. Focus on getting those last 60 CPs to get to the cap and then after that you can start thinking in getting your definitive gear.

In the meanwhile, you can get someone to craft you a generic set so your gear is not too much under-leveled for you, or simply grab any drops you receive while questing... overworld content is balanced such way that you don't need a full build to complete it.

You can do zone's dolmens for updating your jewelry and then use quest rewards and/or kill delve/public dungeon bosses for getting the other set pieces you need.