As an old EQ player, I came here because as was advertised on the box, “adventure solo or with friends”. I played WC1 & WC2 because they were current games that launched for Mac and Windows at the same time, but Never thought them great. Diablo 1 on the other hand…
For the longest time I wished they MMORPG were based on Diablo instead of WC.
Side note - I think we got something like Cata instead of WoW 2 because of the failing of EQ2. I know so many people who went EQ2 over WoW because of challenges like “Heroic Opportunities” in combat - combo moves made up because of class makeup in group vs WoW’s 1 button rotation or autoattack for 60 levels with a blessing here or there (which I still prefer)