What has me thinking that EQnext won't have the awesomeness that EQ1 had is this part
"On the issues of religion, all the original deity selections will be on offer and one can chose any."
(read that at
http://everquestnext.net/?cat=6 )
If that means what i think it means, that any race can pick any religion, it has me thinking that race/diety doesn't matter and factions won't be as much of an issue... Unless they mean to have Cabilis evil and Chardok as a good city or something?
I would love for EQnext to be amazing, but I feel it won't be.