If you don't enjoy repetition, MMOs are probably not a good game choice. Most games and sports are extremely repetitive. If everything in the game is new to you, you are... a newb. Is it genuinely difficult to understand the pleasure that comes from developing skills and strategies and then executing them well?
There is also, of course, loot. Advancing in this game requires developing your character and once a character has reached maximum level with all the accompanying spells and abilities the only advancement is through equipment. I can think of four items currently in the game that would advance my main character. They all drop from gods and dragons.
I frequently see the argument stated that all gear will be replaced in Kunark. This is a very complex game. Many people think they know a lot about this game when they really know a little bit about this game. People who think all planar gear will be replaced in Kunark are simply wrong. Only time will tell which players will stick around, but some of us are raiding for gear that we will use for many months to come. We're getting ready to tank Phara Dar and heal on the AoW fight. That requires some preparation and, yes, repetition.
I realize that everyone has his own perspective and that it might seem like IB spends all of our time trying to ruin your fun, but we really don't even know who you are. We're just playing EverQuest. There are only two dragons and two gods in this game currently and they spawn once a week. If IB disappeared today, there would still be far fewer gods and dragons than everyone wants to kill. If IB, Divinity, Dark Ascension, Remedy and Transcendence all disappeared today, disputes over these same targets would continue with different characters and guild names.
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