the eq ip is very weak, they copied dungeons and dragons and lotr too heavily
not only are there hobbits and drow running around, and 1:1 rips like beholders/"beholder's maze", but their unique stuff is generic and usually limited to just what they named a character or location
wow was successful because the people making it were very talented and made the foundation of the game run/feel better than even any mmo that is out today. they copied almost nothing from EQ, other than generic mmo aspects like attacking a raid boss with many people to kill it. stormwind is nothing like the plane of knowledge, or at least it never was when I played. closest thing I can remember is dalaran during wrath, which was way after EQ died
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