I also really like Nydosa's ideas for custom content.
I understand that a lot of people really care about the "museum server" angle, but for me that's not a big part of the appeal of Project 1999. I like Classic EQ for the player interdependence, the relatively slow pace of combat and progression in general, the subdued particle effects and animations that make it easy to tell what's going on, the sandboxy mechanics, and so on.
Nostalgia is definitely also a component of the game's appeal, but the game doesn't have to be a completely faithful reproduction to successfully evoke nostalgic feelings.
And really, part of the classic experience of playing Live back in the day was anticipating future content, and not knowing exactly what was on the horizon... and the only way to recreate that particular experience now is with custom content.
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