I played EQ2 when it first came out (in fact, it is where I met the lovely lady who has become my wife and is the mother of our twin boys).  Back then combat was "closed" - meaning that if I pulled a critter, no one could interfere in the combat; either by hurting the critter or by healing me.  My question is...has this pathetic "feature" been removed from EQ2?



Second question, how has the game improved over the course of the past year?  I know there are a couple expansions...anything exceptionally noteworthy in them aside from the Fae race?  Currently I play WoW, but am looking to take a little break from it to avoid burnout.

I don't know if combat is still closed, but a number of reviewers have stated that EQ2 is 100% better than it was in the early days of its release.  Broken quests are fixed, combat works properly etc.  Unfortunately the player base has long since departed for other games, like WoW, GW and CoH.



Personally, I'm holding out for Vanguard, the "spiritual successor" to the original Everquest. It's slated for release around Feb-Mar 2007.  But be warned, it's everything that WoW isn't - challenging advancement, not much solo content, and no instances or zones, just one big interactive seamless world...