How was ring war even possible in 2001?

[HanzzYolo]

70+ people in zone, led by highest ranking guild on server with other competitive guilds joining in, decades of combined EQ knowledge, and still I saw a massive failure of this stupid quest.

Imagine 70+ people in zone in 2001 on dial up. People going linkdead on every new giant spawn. No knowledge of how to cc giants, where they are spawning or what comes next. Most importantly the amount of level 60 Enchanters WITH DICTATE required to do this.

I doubt this quest was completed more than once or twice in 2001. EVERY guild on the server would have to combine to complete this.