I remember falling out of EverQuest as I got older and had less time to commit. when i was a Teenager, i had no problem coming home after school and blowing off my homework to grind exp in a HighKeep goblins group.
Think about how many dozens of hours we all spent on corpse runs alone in 2000, back during levelling not even raiding..
By the time Planes of Power came out and people were raiding: I was still level 60 because I couldn't find the time to quad anymore. I basically missed all of Luclin progression when I started working part-time, and only ever got like 12 AA.
WoW has way quicker gear progression, levelling is kind of on rails, and it had neat PvP. it offers something for the hardcores, the casuals, etc..
For a long time, before I discovered P99, WoW was my game that i'd play for 6 months than break for like 6 months on and off again.. for 10 years.. My best friend still plays WoW, he does exclusively world PvP to level and Arenas.. for like 15 years now..
The same type of person still plays EQ and still plays WoW... but WoW enticed a lot more of us folk with increased accessibility compared to EQ.
But you gotta ask -- what other 25+ year old game that isn't named Halo or Counterstrike still has a pretty fervent competitive scene? EQ is up there with outings from P99, TLPs, Quarm, etc.
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