It is a totaly new game, do not compair it to EQ1. :)
As for enjoyment, its hit or miss. I find the world to be much to small and have seen most of it within weeks, were in EQ1 you could play for a year and see only a small part.
The game over all is very enjoyable, I find down time to be trivial and its proving to be very enjoyable. Some very nice little additions have been added to make the game easier, but on the flip side crafting is a total pain now but at least more button mashing. ;)
Update:BTW In my view they made the Ranger a joke. They took tracking and gave it every type of theif/rouge/scout out there. So they minds well have just named them an Archer.
Edited, Tue Dec 7 14:07:44 2004 by Corison