Hey, I was in a similar situation. Back in the days I was in a Progression guild on a European Server, playing 8-12h per day after School. When I started playing p99, I didn't have that much time (not even close to), but I played a few evenings under the week, maybe 10h per week overall.
It was a very refreshing experience and I had some nostalgia chills. However, I got to lvl 53 (and some other chars around 30s/40s) untill I realized that I've trouble enjoying EQ when I can't compete with the hardcore players and quit.
I often surf the Forums now and in some very dark moments I even login, but I'm very confident that I will lose the motivation soon. Leveling and gearing is super slow if you only play a few days per week and only for a couple of hours, especially if you prefer Group play and have to calculate time to find a Group.
However, I wouldn't say I regret spending some time here. Running around in Oasis, grouping in SolB - as I said, some pretty neat nostalgia chills in there for you.
Population wise: as stated above, I'm from Europe and I often found people to play with. There are enough hardcore nerds in the US to play during the night or instead of working in the day - so their playtime will be a match for yours
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