Here's the real problem

[Smellybuttface]

I’d say as far as forum threads go, this has had some of the most remarkably civil and rational responses as they come.

Everquest wasn’t really ever designed with the absolute casual player in mind. I’ve played ESO, WoW, and a handful of others, and none of them have required the time commitment that EQ does. This is a game you just can’t log in and expect things to start happening for you immediately; there’s no group-finder, no quest hubs, and generally long distances to travel to even get to content. And as low as all that is on the quality-of-life meter, that’s also its charm. This world lives and breathes regardless if your online or not, so it’s unrealistic to expect people to change their behavior just because you want something. The main problem you’re faced with here is timing. There just isn’t enough for those high level characters to do in classic, so sadly areas that are meant for lower levels will get infringed upon.

I get it. I hate going to Crushbone and having a lvl 50 camping the entire throne room for belts and pads when I could be in there with 5 other people getting experience. It sucks. But unless the devs speed up the expac release schedule (unlikely), it isn’t likely to change, and in fact will probably just get worse in the 6 months we have left to go. There aren’t enough admins to try and enforce any type of camp time limit, nor would they since it’s not classic. I don’t know if you played EQ back in 1999 era, but this is much like it was then. Only difference I see is that more people now know about all the great cash camps and ZEM’s, so have crowded those areas to the limit. As has been said, I think just try and enjoy the journey. If you find you’re not, the TLP’s might be more your style (I played on Mangler for quite a while and enjoyed it).