People that never played classic EQ

[jwilda]

Since this has basically broken down into a WoW vs EQ comparison, this is what makes EQ "harder" in my eyes:

WoW has tools that tell you what to do, or how to play the game. These include, but are not limited to: DBM, Decursive, Healbot, etc..

If you used DBM during raids (who didn't?), you no longer have to think about what you are doing, you are just reacting to a message telling you to run this way, or telling you not to stand in green slime, or to duck and cover because something is going to blow up.

Decursive tells you when somebody is poisoned, cursed, etc. You just click a now discolored box and it casts the spell for you. You don't even have to fucking think about what you're doing! You are just reacting to something changing on your screen.

Healbot displays all the health bars in your raid/party. You don't even have to know who the main tank is! Just click the health bars that aren't at 100% and the addon does the rest.

You don't have to think to be successful at WoW, you just have to react based on what you are being told by a program that is doing the work for you.

EQ requires you to be much aware of your group/raid/zone/etc. It requires you to make hotkeys to target your MT, ST, MA, and so on.

It required you to do frustrating tasks just to get all of your spells (hello PoP parchment and OoW rune turn ins).

Basically, EQ required much more dedication to get the most out of your character, and it was much more rewarding as a result.