While P1999 has a PvP server, it's not very popular and the game as a whole isn't really meant as a PvP game. If you want to primarily do PvP I strongly advise sticking with DAOC, even with the peculiar 8v8-obsessed community that inhabits that game's emulator scene. EQ is, by far, primarily a PvE game. There is NO equivalent to keeps, territory control, separate realms (even on the aforementioned PvP server everyone's intermingled--it's open/full PvP), siege engines, realm abilities or realm points, or any of the other PvP-centric features DAOC is known for.
Equipment in this game does not require DAOC-style templates because crafted equipment is not customizable here like it is in that game. You do not need a finance character and you certainly don't need to make a cabalist and trade PL's to level up the character you really want to play. EQ also has far more PvE content than DAOC, with much less asset re-use and generally deeper PvE mechanics and better monster behavior, as well as classes that aren't hamstrung by the need to keep them PvP-balanced. The leveling is very slow, much slower than that of DAOC, but since the PvE is the main purpose of the game it isn't a problem per se, just something to be aware of.
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