Genuine article Newbie eager to join.

[leftharted]

you wont regret it. I recently came back to p99 after burning out most modern MMO's over the last 17 years.

I also played SWG, and the SWGEMU. the games are extremely different; but both are quite punishing.

just a forewarning, the 1-10 (sometimes thru to mid 20s depending on class) can be HELL in EQ. but I promise, if you have the willpower to make it through those obscenely boring lower levels; youll get HOOKED. most 'caster' classes aren't very gear reliant; so id suggest going with one of those. there are several guides in the Wiki that explain each class etc, especially for new-to-EQ people like yourself. I would suggest a caster of some sort; as melee is quite punishing with nothing to your name... work on a caster, and twink your alts later.

the community is Strong here, and a different sense of community than SWG. SWG you rely on the community for crafted items etc; but EQ promotes much more casual socialization. A guild in EQ is much more tight nit than any guild I had in SWG, and I was in a top imperial PVP guild (OP understands, but to all else: end game in SWG was mostly guild vs guild pvp wars)

as a fellow SWG vet; I urge you to try EQ... as I have always compared EVERY game to EQ, and nothing had come close... SWG is definitely my #2 game, but this Era of EQ knows no equal.