EQ2 still hasn't reached the number EQ1 hit, but there's a helluva lot more competition out now than there was in 1999. Also a lot of the people who made EQ so good left before or at the beginning of the EQ2 project (McQuaid, Trost, etc). I myself am now looking at Vanguard should I ever really get interested in MMOs again (after 7 years they get to be kinda the same thing in every single game)
http://www.mmogchart.com/ for the numbers
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EQ2 still hasn't reached the number EQ1 hit, but there's a helluva lot more competition out now than there was in 1999. Also a lot of the people who made EQ so good left before or at the beginning of the EQ2 project (McQuaid, Trost, etc). I myself am now looking at Vanguard should I ever really get interested in MMOs again (after 7 years they get to be kinda the same thing in every single game) http://www.mmogchart.com/ for the numbers
I'm damn glad I got my driver's license in Arizona then, doesn't expire until 2049.