I also wanted to know what everyone is up to, and was going to look into EMU or P99 for some fun but I don't know. I am still going to be a loyal EQ'er because I have two accounts and 4 90 toons between them. Plus I can bot my friends toons so there's lots of selection for me. Abyss reminded me of when I was just a monk, going LFG for hours on end back when there was an abundance of monks and bards had gotten new aa's that made them super pullers. It was the reason I quit one time, EQ was just so boring just playing one toon.
If you don't box EQ it's pretty much reliant on having a dedicated group of people you will play with. Nowadays I have my own group of bots and people say that's what killed EQ but what killed EQ is people's greed and distrust of other players. Fearing that their next group member would be an ebay newb or a retarded 12 year old ninjalooter. I've experienced that too, there was and is still a lot of inexperienced players who don't know what they are doing but I think you find that in any game.
Since EQ went down I've re-arranged my room because I finally got my nice 6ft long desk back. I re-installed Winsuck because of a strange mouse error that wasn't letting any mouse I hooked up work. Plus I've been downloading movies and tv shows to watch that I normally have no time to download/watch because I'm in EQ. It's been great catching up on stuff I want to see that I let fall by the wayside because of my gaming. Oh, and the biggest thing is I have organized my backup drives, I had a few movie folders and nothing was separated as to if it was a show episode or a movie.
When things are back up and running I won't be taking EQ as serious anymore. I really seem to get sucked into it and ignore other things I want/need to do. It doesn't help that I have been out of work for the past year due to a back injury. Just gives me lots of time for gaming. I've gotten the Spring fever of sorts also, helping plant trees and shrubs outside. This is beginning to be a great Summer season and I'm ready to be wearing shorts every day.
Well, sorry for the book. Hopefully the weekend comes sooner than later, and SoE fixes their network for the better.
`Frem
I want to make this my permanent signature lol!