EQ was based off a fast paced DnD experience and left a lot up to the players to figure out. Partly because they probably felt that's how it should be and partly due to time/human resource constraints. A lot of stuff with EQ was being figured out for the first time.
Wow came out many years after EQ and was much more polished. It had a big budget and a dev team that learned a lot from EQ. Wow is way more hand-holdy.
Overall I liked EQ more because it was more challenging and the mechanics offered the opportunity to use more ingenuity. The risk in trying something was much more substantial. Also, the limited information made it much more of an adventure.
I do appreciate that WoW was less buggy and some of the quality of life stuff was nice. PvP wasn't an afterthought. The thing that I hated about WoW was the homogenization of already limited classes. Everyone wearing the same gear was pretty boring too.
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