I'm big on the nostalgia factor no doubt, I was a Day 1 EQ player and played up to PoP. The reason I originally quit is I didn't want to have to keep grinding for new gear / new levels as expansions made most of my stuff obsolete.
It's kind of how I used to play Magic: The Gathering. An awesome card / strategy game, but if you don't buy the new expansions you get left behind and can't compete. Was all an incentive to keep you buying new cards and keep that money flowing in.
With a time locked server, if I want a particular piece of gear as my 'end set' I don't ever have to worry about it becoming obsolete. If I take a break for 6 months and come back, I won't have been left behind in terms of gear / advancement.
Free to play is awesome as is the online community, feels good to donate some time to update a wiki or help a guildie or whatever.
I like doing challenges in the game too, I duo'd in fear with another monk, and another time with a Druid. It was scary as hell and I wound up eating 3 deaths, but damn it was fun as hell!
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Wedar - Level 60 Grandmaster (Retired)
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