Quote Originally Posted by 'Talamarr',index.php?page=Thread&postID=99564#post 99564
Quoted from "Drizzit"
Well before WoW came out wasn't EverQuest the huge MMORPG, which basically started the bar?



I think EQs downfall was EQ2. I think they should have just upgraded their existing game engine/graphics/gameplay instead of making a whole new game. I didn't make the switch to EQ2 but probably would have stayed with EQ if they would have improved on that.

Of course, Blizzard's existing Warcraft/Diablo/Starcraft fan base was already HUGE so that probably helped.
EQ was up there unti DaoC got in the competition. Then Blizzard.

Competition is good because it benefits the gamers to get quality instead of developers like in EQ getting fat and giving their customers the shaft when they had monopoly.