Now I realize that EQ2 isn't as big of an MMO as WoW, neither was aion classic kinah nor will ever be, but I have experienced the same feelings from WoW's community and Asmon's stance regarding classic and live games in general that both games could be taking the same path as each other. Classic could be becoming the kind of TLE that starts off great and everyone is giddy about nostalgia, but eventually the enthusiasm fades once the community realizes it isn't the same sense of nostalgia that they used to have.

If there is another example of how TLEs effect the player base of a game, one can also look at Archage's attempts at doing that, and also Aion is trying to get back players who enjoyed the vanilla version of the game.

It will be interesting to see the way Classic differs from TLEs available for Everquest or the versions of Archage, Aion. However there is a history of TLEs from EQ2 tend to die out quickly and there's less interest in expansions. This is why Classic is not the best option for players who are committed to the game.

Additionally, DayBreak The company that's in charge of EQ2 really doesn't care about the player base as much as Blizzard does with WoW (aka micro transactions, p2w mechanics, and so on) And they're making use of it as a cash cow to maintain afloat as a way to attract old players or attract new players to the game which has issues on live and plagued by mechanic and number bloat.

There's no idea of the max but I'm on Siel server on Aion Classic and it's super full day and night (I'm NA East). It's a lot of fun and packed with both NA as well as EU players. So I suggest you to join us. :)

I decided to not join after further investigation, because of the business behind Aion. It wont be fun to keep track of my progress as im not a whale, and prior to doing that , the outcome is going to end in death, most likely.

The Elyos are also cause of euro aion classic buy kinah grief for the Asmodians of Heiron. They even take to gank people farming Aether through a gate. I mean if you got an advantage, why wouldn't you consider taking advantage of it.