I played EQ1 from beta through RoK and gave up. The game was fun to an extent, but the death penalty and the sheer grind killed the game for me. WoW is at least interesting from start to finish. I've been playing since launch and I'm getting a little burnt out on that now too. Multi-boxing makes the game fresh again.

The guy in the cube across from me plays both WoW and EQ1 with his wife. In their opinion WoW is simply a better game, but they play EQ1 more because they have a tight-knit community on the test center with RL friends that they raid with.