@Speedz "WoW came out, the general feel I got from the modern mmo players was "If it isn't spoon fed it's too boring to play".".
Yes. unfortunately. As I noted too, custom is usually preferred for some as it allows them to quickly immerse themselves in nostalgia without dedicating their time starting from scratch like you did in EQ. It's not easy to go from Cloth Armor to end game with no resources in EQ, it takes time... Some people don't have a lot of that.
Custom servers alleviate the transition, and keep the ADD folks like me alert and interested with the changes you wouldn't expect. <3