I tried to like it... I really tried...advice?

[Ephirith]

It's so god damn easy to work your way up on this server, I've quit and given away all my shit three fucking times. Sometimes I get tired of the game and I go off and do something else for a while, and I come back and start over fresh both because 1) I'm shamefully addicted and 2) I adore the journey.

Guess what, the server being flooded with plat and high end items also works to lower the barriers to entry. It's much easier to get a fungi tunic here than it was on live if you're savvy about making money. EQ does not hand you shit.

Also, I've done the journey when the server population was around 450 peak, and I've done it when it was closer to 900. Never once did I have considerable difficulty finding groups, even when I did it as a ranger. You make friends, you learn where to go to find people, and you don't have trouble.

It's perfectly fine if you don't like the way the server is, and you have some legitimate complaints, but if all you wanted to do was ask if there is a server offering more of a fresh start, you would have worded your post much differently... basically you did a pretty shit job at being objective.