EQEmu is not close to live in any way shape or form, the basics are if you want live go play live. EQEmu is more of a custom EQ experience, even the servers that are trying to emulate live exactly are way way behind live and a lot of the AA's, Spells, skills, etc, etc, etc dont work (or work correctly)



I am in no way saying you cant get on and have fun, but if you are looking for live you wont find it anywhere except live.