Best Server?

[soulbreaker360]

Hi all,
I was just remembering all the good times with eq when I went on a hunt for a private server....
all I could find was this website...
I was just wondering what is a good server out there that has a good amount of players and is pretty close to the real game?
I looked at the server list but I read a post that says there are way more servers then on that list....
so can anyone recommend anything (links please) as I am new to this.

thanks!

[trevius]

The server list is your best bet. The only servers that aren't on that list are private server and a couple of other ones that prefer not to use the Login Server for whatever reason (Shards of Delayla being the most popular one).

Try this post for some reviews:
http://www.eqemulator.net/forums/showthread.php?t=24875

If you want it to be as close to live as possible, you probably want PEQ. But, any of the servers with more than 10 or so players on them are all probably fun servers. If you have never tried a custom server, you might want to try one out, cause they are pretty fun and addictive

[soulbreaker360]

how is Shards of Delayla? how far from the original game is it?
also I know this is off topic but are there private servers like this for everquest 2?

[hayward6]

Personaly I don't like that server, but there are many who do! My problem with servers like that are how different they are from live... I play EQEmu because of my love for Everquest, not what can be changed from Everquest. They have a lot of unique content and have even renamed all of the zones, so yeah it's a lot different. They have a patcher that makes it easy to start out on though.

[trevius]

SoD is very different from normal EQ. I think they have a decent sized player based, but they keep themselves fairly separated from this project. I know little about the server even though I did try playing on it a little. You should have no trouble finding their website and reading up on them if you just do a google search. But, if you plan to play there, you might want to make a copy of your EQ directory first. Otherwise, their patcher will make it impossible for you to play on any of the normal EQEmu servers.

There are quite a few custom servers on the public server list, and I would recommend you maybe try them first. Most of them have websites for their servers, so you can read up ahead of time and see which one sounds the best to you.

And yes, there is a project in the works for EQ2Emu, but I think they still have a ways to go before they have a fairly finished product. But, if you have the correct version of EQ2, I think you can play on their beta server.

[soulbreaker360]

so is the eqemu server the most populous almost live experience server? about how many people are on it?

also is eq2emu the only eq2 private server project going on?

thanks for helping me out so far guys