PoP's key successes were down to the depth of endgame raiding as Luclin had travel down pretty well. You couldnt just zerg, you had to formulate proper strats in places like PoE & PoT, which was fun - especially back with 10-15 endgame raiding guilds fighting for progression. In comparison, classing raiding is organising a basement dwelling neckbeard zerg fest... although I'm certain none of us play EQ for its intricate raiding difficulty.
Plus maybe devs feel like they're done after Velius and want to move on in RL.
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