Hey, welcome. There's a thread here thats been very helpful for people in your similar position.
http://www.planetside-universe.com/f...ad.php?t=35830
Hopefully you can get it going because Planetside is a great game, especially now with the population being back up. The battles on the weekends have been pretty epic.
I'm interested to see Dust 514 too. I wish it was more mmo, but the direct tie-in to EVE is a very cool idea.
Keep an eye out for Planetside 2. There will be some news coming out of SOE Fan Faire around July 7th, and us long time Planetside addicts err fans have high hopes for the sequel. Basically, you are picking a cool time to check out Planetside.
Good luck, and see you on the battlefield.