People that never played classic EQ

[Kytross]

Grouping in EQ is fairly easy, but grouping in any MMO is fairly easy. Soloing in EQ is difficult, even for classes built for it.

EQ soloing requires solid resource management (Mana, Health) because the resource pool is small. There is generally enough mana to kill 2 dark blues, one at a time, with damage spells and no resists or fizzles. With level earned gear there's enough health for a melee to kill 2 dark blues, one at a time, without getting healed, and no adds. Other MMOs give you more resources.

EQ only allows 8 spells to be memorized at a time. Pick them before the fight and choose them well, it's quite difficult to mem during solo play. Other MMOs let you cast any spell at any time.

EQ requires you to manage aggro in the zone. In other MMOs there was always somewhere to fight without getting adds. There is nothing like the Griffons in the commons in WoW or other solo focused MMO.