#1 hope - Custom modifications everywhere, with an emphasis on making the game more dynamic, more interactive, and less of a mind-numbing camp fest. EQ in its present form is stale and tedious and not even an RPG. The NPC's and mechanics need to be changed to make it more unpredictable and engaging. Make the game that original EQ was trying to be, not the one it turned into and was limited from becoming; don't adhere to the narrowness of the original coding.
That's not going to happen though. So, realistically:
#2 hope - A classic timeline server that resets and actually includes every aspect of the pre-Kunark classic code. That way people can at least get a sense of what the game was like for people who played in 1999, every 3 years while server is in that phase. If the server wants to remain relevant past that phase, then it should never implement the Play Nice Policy that happened after 1 year, and instead let the Kunark and Velious eras be more free, creating a more interesting gaming experience than what Blue server offers.
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