Sentinel's Fate rises to the top of the charts

I hear you. I played a few years ago and had a Conjurer in his 50's. Then my friends all wanted to play whatever the new flavor of the month game was, and so we switched to that. Obviously that worked out really well if I can't even remember the game anymore!

EQ2's graphics do often look dated, which is ironic given that it launched with bleeding edge requirements. But they've also done huge amounts of optimization, scaled it for SLI, made the programming changes necessary for multi-core support, and added a few new bells and whistles to keep up with advancing hardware. So it's funny because sometimes you'll be astonished by how ugly something is, then turn a corner and be greeted with stunning beauty.

Anyway, having been so long away I couldn't remember how to play my Conjurer well. There were new starting zones and races teasing me, along with things like achievements that appealed to the completionist in me. So I decided to roll up a new character and start from scratch. Since there is so much content in the game I have been able to play all new stuff and have been having a blast.