I don't think I ever got past level 25 until PoP came out. I had family members and friends that played before then -- but I was into RTS. As I toured old content in PoP era, I really felt like I missed out on old EQ. There was a feel to it that no other game has captured.
I quit shortly before Omens so that I could play from the launch of WoW. I was right that WoW would win out. If i was older and more educated I probably wouldn't have predicted that. My logic was that Blizzard was a great company at the time, and SoE was garbage. I remember I was almost disappointed that WoW was comming out so soon -- but I never really looked back to EQ until WoW started to get very predictable (the 4th expansion or so).
I'm glad I got to experience classic EQ on this server -- or at least -- the closest anyone will get. However, it is a bit depressing having a character stay forever Velious locked IMO. It would be awesome to be able to transfer to progression severs that go to PoP and beyond.
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