Thought I would re-sub to check things out a few days ago.  Haven't played in a long time.  The Neamsog bunker area (which is a newb area that is off the trial island) had like 6 people in it.  I didn't think that was bad for a newbie area (one of 3 off the island) on a 3 year old game.  By no means is it bumping.....  I don't know any game right now where the is lots of people playing.  My LOTRO server = dead, tried AoC and it was MEGA DEAD, my WAR server was a ghost town.  I was playing EQ2 and that was decent but I just hate that game.  Someone please let me know then...

I just played for a month or so and I can tell you that the lower areas are bumping with people.  However, couldn't take having like 30 skills my level 10 that seemed to all do the same thing.  Graphics are just too plastic looking.

EQ2 dosen't have bad graphics but rather hideous texturing and colors.  Everything looks like its made of clay and the armor looks putrid.   Its been that way since 2004.  

 The game is truly dead and I played it for a long time.  I did quit for some time and tried coming back last month.  There is no one playing anymore which is an absolute shame.  One of the best crafting systems ever, great dungeons, exploration, housing, diplomacy was an interesting side game, great classes, and fun PVE.  Other great features were running while casting and offensive and defensive targeting.  Too bad it was ruined by a piss poor launch, mismanagement, and bug ridden.  It can never be saved unless they somehow try some DDO type F2P thing.  Not sure that would do it either, but it might up the population some.

For cripes sake, please someone develop this.  American Indians for druid types or healers.  Gunfights, gambling, brothels, and exploration.  Nothing would be explored.......,maybe even a tid bit of a sim game with land plotting and development.  Could I even get a pocketwatch +8 WISDOM???? lol........

Try some EQ2 in the meantime.  Keep an eye of for Heroes of Telara.

Umm..lots of people showed up to play Vanguard.  It sold 250k+ box sales in the first week.  It was such a buggy pile of poo that no one stayed.  But the interest was there....

Damnit Chieften.....Wow has 10 mill subs still in 2010.  I just blew coke all over my keyboard, and now you owe me another..  LOL....you must be joking.

I can tell you first hand that EQ2 is WAAAAAYYYYY more populated.  I started EQ2 the other night and there were 42 people just in Timorous Deep starting zone.

So basically what your looking for is the "perfect MMO".  I don't believe this game exists.

This is game is pure bore.  You will be killing bears, wolves, and spiders till your 65. 

Why would you need a map to tell you where a vendor is?  Just walk up to any guard NPC in any town and they will point you to every NPC in that town.  God people whine too much....

Huh?  What is the sad day?  They closing down? NGE? What happened?

I am not sure where this talk about broadband getting slower.  Comcast keeps making my line faster every year for the same price.   As far as Broadband penetration, have you ever seen the size of America?  Obviously much easier in Japan to give it to everyone when they live a country the size of Texas. 

Hate to break it to you, but this game came out in 1999.  You are years behind.  I do hope you find joy in it though, because I did from 99-03.  I just think you might find it difficult to accomplish what you are looking for.

Yes.  The client is 100% free already.  Download the trial and play it.  Then you just start your sub.

Vanguard or LOTRO. 

Looks meh.  Watched a panda bear(??) wizard cast fireballs over and over and over.  Then watched another video of a guy with a sword that was taller than him swing aimlessly. 

Come on now.  Roleplaying a king?  Well then I guess we shuold also have Civilization on here too.  OH and Battlefield 1942 too.  Its multi player and I can RPG a soldier.  I mean come on!

Love the different ranks but why the hell is there so many.  Cut about half of that and it would be decent.