It's always weird to me how many people have an absolute disdain for anything after Velious, when Classic to Velious is such a tiny part of Everquest's history.
I didn't start playing until partway through Velious (EQ Trilogy was the first thing I bought) and continued playing until partway through The Serpent's Spine. The main reason I quit was because most of my guild left for WoW.
I personally think that PoP era is the best part of EQ, and would much prefer to play on a server like TAKP or P2002 and I feel that many other players feel the same way. However, the main thing keeping many of these players on P99 is the large playerbase and quality of management, rather than only enjoying content between classic and velious. So, many hope (in vain) that the professional staff of P99 will change their minds and decide to progress past velious and continue to develop the server, which is why they haven't moved on to other projects.
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