Ah, Everquest. Man, I used to LOVE me some EQ2.
Then my subscription ran out. I kept playing for free, making trial account after trial account, because I was 13 and didn't know better.
And then, recently, they came out with this EQ2 Extended bull... And it's pretty bad, I must say.
Now don't get me wrong. The core gameplay's still there. The graphics are all right, if a little mixed in quality. But the subscription model now is effed the hell up. I'm all for microtransactions, but in EQ2X, microtransactions are needed to unlock pretty much everything. You can't get more than 10 gold for a good chunk of the game, unless you pay extra. You can't get top-tier items, even if you're high enough level to use them, unless you pay extra.
I'm sure that the old EQ2 servers are still great and dandy, but Extended is, in my opinion, a hot mess.
Anyway, OT:
I'm on the boat with everyone who's saying "EQ2 BEGAN with a cataclysm." It's true, you know. Blizzard got there later than people think.
And well... that's about it. I don't think EQ2 will copy WoW. Their player base is dug in pretty solidly. A major shift in the world dynamics would really throw people off, maybe a little too much.