I played on Test server for a long time back in the Luclin/PoP era on Live. This was when it still played like a regular server (no transfers or anything poisoning it from outside), just with occasional... weirdness, and GMs actually present and willing to talk right in chat (the GMs were also a part of the weirdness, tbh). It was great, small community, people exploring learning and raiding together, few hard feelings, plentiful targets and content.
Takp is the closest thing I have seen since then to that atmosphere. It's what I want from EQ now.
I log in Fieldfare from time to time on p99, mostly to rez people in Unrest. I do play on Phinny because I have many friends there still and PoP is an exceptionally cool expansion in many regards (plus being a frog is cool). But Takp is where I expect my playtime to still feel like the EQ I have loved for eighteen years. What a great server, glad I found it.
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