I think, partially because of the population now, and partially because of the population when the project started, Everyone was afraid they wouldn't get ports or find a bunch of groups (much much better now, you have to have played here since release to understand this). Druids can solo and get anywhere they want to the fastest in the game, so it was an easy choice for most when the server population was at 150-250 people.
I played a Druid because I mained a druid on live for 8 years, and I have yet to find a druid class in any game thats anything near as awesome or fun as the EQ Druid. Partially for nastalgia because there isn't anything like this class, but a lot of it came easy because of what i mentioned earlier, solo capabilities and the ability to move around. I played when there were only 150+ people on the server, and it helped a ton to be able to root/rot mobs in my 20's and such.
As someone said a second ago, Druids will fall off a bit in Kunark. I'd image about 50% will fall off or just use the druid as a farmer class.
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