Geez dev, so much animosity towards others. To each's own so Im not going to start a flame war, as everyone has there opinons.
As far as the project goes overall, it is amazingly, suprisingly good now. There are several things that are missing, but it doesnt take down the expirence that much, especially if your new to EQ anyhow, since you cant relate to what is there and not there.
There are tons of zones that have been populated to LIVE accuracy all the way up to part of the Planes of Power Expansion as suggested. This leaves tons of zones not ready for use, but if you take your time and play right, there can be months of new content you will see just with what is already there. Quest work and most have been implented so its not just a bash and loot game.
As far as bugs go, you will meet them from time to time. Most being minor things that can be fixed or not fixed. Major things like current connection issues, AA's, stability and stuff can be fixed, but there is no ETA as to when this will happen. Some stuff hasnt been implemented and some stuff wont be implmented. Its not a 100% substitue to the real thing so you get what you pay for.
If you and your friends are new to the game it will be a blast for you, as it was for the majority of us when we first picked of EQ back in the days of the original release. It wears off with time, but it takes alot to get you bored of it, and even then, you just cant get it out of your system for years to come.
Hope things go smoothly for you and you and your friends have a blast with this. Its always good to get new members in with intrest to the project.
As far as setting up a server this weekend, there are multiple guides for you to use and as a personal favorite, I would suggest mine if your a visual person as it is equiped with screenshots and how tos for making a server for the PublicLogin or the Minilogin(Lan Only). Gotten lots of good feedback on it so I hope and thinks its worth it. Follow the link in my sig and then the first instructions on the wiki page on how to download and view. (There is a error on page 12 I belive where a screenshot overlaps some text. Havent confirmed this but if its true it should be fixed in no time.)
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