Unless people are being handed most/all of their slots in high level gear, I don't see this being a reason that removes their fun. There's plenty to look forward to, even in the immediate future, even if you get handed a 3-4 slots of excellent gear.
A lot of people who start here (and in most F2P MMOs), quit after a while. It's easy to hop on and try it, or see if it's like what you remember. But then friends / guild from other games bug you to group/raid with them, or there's some event/raid/new release/new content patch that sucks you away from this. And classic EQ isn't for everyone (or even most).
I've started here about 3 times before I finally stuck around this last time. The first two times I was more interested in playing with friends in WoW and respectively EVE and just didn't have the time to really get into it. The third time I had the time but I approached it with the powergaming perspective I approached EQ back in the day but was disillusioned by how far behind the curve I was.
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