The restrictions in eq2 aren't that bad after I've been playing it. You can potentially purchase station cash cards from someone in game for currency and as a multiboxer isn't that hard to obtain. a 2k station cash card will net you 80 item upgrades. As long as you are equipping good quality items at max level this should last quite a while. Other than that everything else is pretty much free besides the expansion pack.

How does that compare to Eq1?