[Charlievox]

I like that in EQ its up to you how you get that next level instead of being told by some quest giver, " go to X and kill Zmob until you have collected 7 A's and 5 B's and bring them back to me and I will give you XP and this nice piece of gear, then go talk to W for your next quest!" Rinse, repeat. And everybody follows the same path.
In EQ you can decide to do all the quests or do no quests and just go kill what you need to get materials for your tradeskills. Your path is of your own choosing the game is whatever you decide it will be for you not a planned journey from point to point to point...