I'm still new, 2 characters at level 21, but I've been having so much fun with classic eq, visiting some zones I never adventured in back in the day.

nope, you just hate the fact that eq classic is a solved math equation and endgame is you waiting in a never ending list for your favorite items to sell on the market, the players have ruined eq1 classic but it still remains a legend

Kunark is the glory days for sure. But Green has given me a new appreciation for Vanilla. I don’t think it “sucks” by any stretch of the imagination.

One cool thing about pre-Kunark is that because of its incomplete itemization, lots of crappy items are actually relevant because there’s nothing better (or at least nothing easily available). I bet every priest you see is wearing Split Paw Hide Gloves. Every ranger is questing their Orc Impaler and Short Sword of Morin because in Kunark, those will suck and much better items will be available. Then, no one will be doing all these old zones and quests and items.

I so wish this didn't happen. Wish expansions did more horizontal progression that worked really, really hard to keep old content relevant.

I like kunark but classic is best. Should be one char per ssn though and rp mandatory. Some sort of pvp war system would be good geographically based

Im loving pre kunark. I like kunark too.

1-40 I think vanilla EQ is fine. 40-50 I think vanilla sucks. Too few options to find either a group or a good solo spot. I basically stopped leveling my level 40 druid and will likely stop my cleric at 40 too. Once Kunark gets released I can head to Dreadlands with the Druid and CoM with my cleric to continue their XP grinding.

this. Classic doesnt completely "suck", but its vastly inferior to Kunark and onwards.

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