Some things from live didn't translate over, and part of that was Kunark included.
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LOIO used to have 100 people. Lucky to have 7 at any time.
FM has groups chilling out on the zone walls.
I always thought HS got a lot more love on P99 than live.
I remember FV being a bustling hub for a long time into Kunark launch. Sometimes people even selling there.
Some zones just didn't get the same love. As for Velious? Iceclad, GD, and EW definitely had more love. Kael is as busy as it was in live from what I remember.
I think a big difference to is we have a lot of people... But peak times don't see 2k. Sunday nights on EQ back in the day? 2500-3000 people. We literally had double the population at all times.
I love Velious is in game. More raid content, new challenges, and lots of really cool quests people can work on on their own or in groups.
Honestly, I was getting sick of Classic and then getting sick of Kunark...
Velious to me was the crown of EQ before it went in a direction I personally didn't like.