OGaming: To what do you attribute the fact that EverQuest and EverQuest II are still running and thriving side by side?

Scott Hartsman: They're both very deep and engrossing worlds… Two different flavors of gameplay tied together by a common history. Both games still support any number of varieties of play (soloing, grouping, raiding… you name it), and they're both highly approachable in terms of the world and the communities who play them.

OGaming: How much migration have you found, if any, between the two games' player communities?

SH: There's definitely a certain amount of it that goes on. A decent number of people definitely enjoy playing part-time in both games. People seem to enjoy the idea of playing both in their past, or their own future, depending on one's perspective. :)

It's kind of funny - We have EQ raiders who come to play EQ2 when they want to relax with some soloing or grouping, and likewise have EQ2 raiders who come to EQ to do the same thing.