Well two things killed my server game plan. After 5 years I can't say it wasn't a good run though.
1) We were THE Classic/Trilogy server; then P99 came out and we lost about 95% of our population.
2) The time investment for proper development is astronomical.
Like previously mentioned, the client is old, the game is old, the people who find EQ interesting, are likely old. The current generation of kids aren't interested in anything except WoW and now playing a WoW emulator is extremely easy (not to mention the live game is still extremely newbie friendly). The community is definitely a lot smaller than it was a few years ago. Creating an awesome server with lots of extras means extra downloads, that coupled with issues obtaining the client itself means people who may be interested get frustrated trying to figure out how to play.
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