My opinion on what killed EQ?
1. SoE.
2. EQ2
3. WoW
4. WoW
5. WoW
The expansions got worse with each release, IMO, though I'm told some of the more recent ones are better. DAoC did some damage, I remember that. I remember people logging on to EQ to /ooc about how much better DAoC was compared to EQ. Then WoW hit it big. WoW nabbed a lot of people, but the reason I list Warcraft 3 times (other than the fact that Warcraft 3 is better than World of Warcraft), is because of it's more...err... lasting impression. Because of it's popularity, everyone else decided to mimic WoW.. and a messy cluster of poorly designed MMOs leeched away even more subscribers, from all games. For some reason a bunch of people get the idea that if they take a popular theme and copy it, save some aesthetics and minor details, they're going to be the next big hit.
Anyways, I still think SoE is what killed EQ above all else, even WoW
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