I reached the point of raiding Ulduar with my level 80s in WoW. I had a Draenei priestess (Holy), a Night Elf Druid (Feral Tank), a Draenei shaman (Elemental...Lava Burst is the poo!) (formerly an orc shaman; switched servers for a guild I really like). I miss it, but I just became annoyed with how quickly people that played all day were able to get armor that I'd worked at for months...childish yes, but if you want to raid in WoW you need gear (ugh, I think I could still do most of the Northrend heroics with my eyes closed). It was nice to be able to get groups quickly, but that random LFG just killed any hope I had with keeping up with guildies and my tradeskills. Then things became busier in RL and just had to drop out for a bit.
EQ2 is my game now, but I don't know enough about the instances and higher levels to say whether it's a good investment of time for entertainment. I do a lot of soloing and tradeskills, which allows me to walk away from my computer when I need to. I play a Halfling Guardian and she's level 37 at the moment. I miss knowing how to play my tanks and healers...still learning with the halfling.
As for the lore, I like Warcraft's better because I know it. It seems like in EQ2 though, there are more people role-playing on regular servers than you would have ever seen on a Normal server in WoW. Sony seems to offer more functions for RPers than WoW did. You can set a RP flag on yourself, put a little icon above your head that says you are offering a quest, change your title, put in a bio, etc...options you would have had to get an add-on for with WoW.
And as for Board Battles, I'll probably keep away from the hosting until I get back into the swing of things. I don't want to start something I can't finish or that doesn't keep people entertained. I do like that idea for Misthaven though...elves, dwarves, orcs...definitely classic with an interesting twist.
I've rambled enough for now though. Should read a bit of the old boards before I head back to work...
