I am surprised so far so many have chosen PoP as the time the game as a whole it was at its best. The reason it surprises me is I guess first the purpose of this server and secondly how much of EQ at that point in time to me felt like a big hodgepodge of multiple games.
I personally felt Everquest without expansions was the pinnacle of Everquest. In my opinion the game felt cohesive and complete. Also to me it felt more about a gathering of friends, role play, and I hate this term that has recently been adopted but here I go "casual". The gear in the original was nice but didn't make you as a character.
Would be nice if there was a wealthy individual that loved Everquest and donated to the project 1999 folks to have a server for every expansion in Everquest. Instead of progression on one server after you had enough of a certain time in the game, you would be able to progress to another server with the next expansion. Certain goals in the previous server would have to be met to "unlock" the next one. Folks who loved a particular time in game, wouldn't have to go anywhere. I guess that could be done with multiple virtual servers, dockers or whatever. What a dream!
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