If you had to choose: The ONE thing you would change about EQ

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In the end it is all about socialization, something EQ promotes in every facet of it's design, and something new MMOs have long since forgotten - they even punish it with how questing works; grouping with players is just a hassle and everyone prefers to solo. Why even play an MMO when the game you play forces you to solo? You solo to the top, you join a guild of complete strangers, who go off into their own private little dungeons, get their own private loot and then they go /afk in town to show off their gear next to people who have the same exact items as them. So unbelievably stupid.

You are right. I just found out about this server last night on EQ2.

Know WHY the EQ community is so much different?

In WoW - you can solo to max level, pretty much any class - AND get gear along the way.
In EQ2 - you can solo to max level, pretty much any class - AND get gear along the way.
In LOTRO - you can solo to max level, pretty much any class - AND get gear along the way.
Etc, etc, etc - it's really even true of Vanguard.

In EQ - good luck. You can kite mobs around the Karanas or whatnot if you are a druid/necro.
But - by and large - in original EQ - people NEEDED each other - like it or not [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] - Solo, while 'effective' was slow and your chance at a 'rare' item - was there, but not nearly as common as it was for a group digging through Runnyeye, or whatever.

That's what is so different between EQ classic and other MMOs. Socially, people need to interact for a 'full game experience'. In other games - maybe... a bit at end game, but that's about it.

No one to say, "hey remember when we were newbs and you... "

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But there's one other big thing that occurred to me - just about any class in EQ would end up 'in trouble' at some point. Sometimes - someone would bail you out, or you would bail them out. In classic - you know how many people I continued to talk to after that? [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

"Wow, thanks man, you saved my tail!!"
"NP, I was looking to do these too - need another?"

- Go see how often than happens in other MMOs.