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Shared content. This is the only serious thing classic EQ does that newer games don't.
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I can give you that. Shared content is an absolutely huge difference between EQ and most newer games. However...
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People can claim it's the "danger" and "xp loss" and "challenge"... It isn't.
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Maybe not for you. But that's the beauty of what "people" think: it has nothing to do with what you think.
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EQ classic is easy. Way easy.
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Compared to beating aids? Sure.
Compared to the things you should actually be comparing an MMO to (aka other MMOs)? Maybe in ways.
I don't have much experience at all with EQ raiding, so I can't speak for how easy it is relative to other MMOs' raiding. But as far as learning how to be a good enchanter in an xp group or learning the ropes of EQ compared to learning the ropes of most other MMOs? EQ is at least as challenging as others, if not more so.
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It's all about having to directly compete for what's desireable. Be it XP, loot, or just bragging rights.
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XP and bragging rights are competed for in other MMOs, especially bragging rights. EQ has no monopoly on those, although XP is not competed for in nearly the same way in other MMOs that I've played as it is in EQ.
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EQ forces you to interract and be social in ways that newer games simply don't. *shrug*
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No, no it doesn't. At least not in a broad, sweeping, overall way like you seem to be talking about.
If I were a warrior and I wanted to get geared while leveling and I wanted to level up relatively quickly and I then wanted to see raid content... then yes, I would have to branch out to new people to accomplish all that. But it's not like I can see raid content in other MMOs by myself, or without interacting with others. Same goes for gearing up while leveling, more or less.
And even then, no one would be FORCED to be social in EQ differently than they are social in any newer MMO... they could just bring a guild of friends with them and be social with them in EQ exactly like they are in whatever new MMO they're playing.
As for me, personally? I'm LESS social in EQ than I am in other MMOs, because I know fewer people on here, because I'm playing a class that performs better solo than it would in a group, because I know I'm a good player but don't know what to expect from 5 other random people I find, because I'm enjoying reliving my old EQ days by re-exploring and leveling while whispering 2 or 3 friends, etc.