I have to say that 99% of all the nostalgia "I just want to see the sleeper" is probably BS. Folks just want the pixels.
I happen to think that resetting the sleeper could fairly be a one time server wide event/ accomplishment without ruining the classic EQ experience...but that it would have to be made allowable to wake him permanently again, which would likely happen soon after the reset.
The waking the sleeper mechanic is actually one of the coolest things in all of EQ and MMOs imo...and making it resettable kinda ruins it for me. The few servers that managed to keep the server asleep on live (on Xev it lasted until PoP) were major accomplishments and major betrayals when agreements were broken. Heroes and villains were made. People gained cross-server fame and infamy. There isn't much that exists like that in any other MMO.
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