I should mention you can buy 30 days of gametime with kronos. You can sell them to other players for plat.
IMHO, the best classic EQ had to offer is right here. If I were Daybreak, I would either be working on a new game, or I'd be creating a revamp of Everquest with some big expansions. I think the money is in the modern game, not in classic EQ.
I played on live in 2014. I did have some fun. I got two characters to 85+ for free with the heroic characters launch. I was levelling them myself (reached 70), but then the heroic character thing happened. So anyway I also played in 2010 and off/on since 1999. So what do I think of the modern EQ? It's ok. Goes without saying it's treadmill-ish. The whole group thing is still there. It's missing some things. I might argue the expansions have fallen in quality, despite the improved graphics. When you compare EQ to other modern MMORPG, it has many shortcomings. I think the leveling experience is disjointed, but that's usually what happens when a game is this old.
Want to repost this--it expain what the Agnarr server is and what to expect:
https://forums.daybreakgames.com/eq/.../#post-3527110