Everquest (No Expansions)

[qombi]

I am probably in the minority who would play one permanent Everquest server that never applied expansions. I enjoyed the expansions but the game changed to be raid heavy. I wonder how the game would evolve (devolve?) if it stopped before expansions and the server went on for years? Felt like a more laid back, experience then. Though everybody was really new to MMORPGs.