Realistically, how much game do you get?

The only two really big restrictions that I would find annoying if I was staying free are

1. Very limited classes. I wish there was just one or two more classes included in the free to play or that they at least provided more soloable classes. Wizard is really the only one with any real power. The Warrior with a cleric merc or cleric with a warrior merc CAN solo but it takes a lot longer since you have no solid DPS. Rogues meanwhile can do solid damage, but cant take a hit for crap and do their best damage from behind(meaning you have to play without a cleric or take the hits yourself and not do backstabs).

2. Bag slots. You only get 4 bag slots, thats really not jack. If you are f2p expect to do a lot more running back to town to sell stuff.

All that said, EQ is still a damn fine game and worth joining. My recommendation is save your money and wait for a double station cash day. On those days you can spend $60 for 12,000 points which is enough to buy a years subscription. That basically means it equals out to $5 a month for full accese to the game, hell of a deal and a lot better then being nickle and dimed on f2p(even if you quit in less then a year).
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Government is the enemy, until you need a friend - Bill Cohen
Tea baggers keep saying they want their country back, well I say I want mine forward - Bill Maher

See thats the thing. You are looking at the game very differently from me. When I was talking in my first point I was not even THINKING about pre 50 game. Thing is EQ really is not a game about pre 50 anymore, you can reach that in just a week or so of play playing non stop and not much long after if you take your time. Meanwhile you can spend months on the game after that, especially after hitting 75+ and really dipping in to AAs. A class should not be picked based on pre 50 play but on around 70ish.

Overall I agree its worth playing while its free, but I think most people would be wise to research what classes they want to be and just pay to buy one or two.
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Government is the enemy, until you need a friend - Bill Cohen
Tea baggers keep saying they want their country back, well I say I want mine forward - Bill Maher

I would be fairly suprised if there was.
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Government is the enemy, until you need a friend - Bill Cohen
Tea baggers keep saying they want their country back, well I say I want mine forward - Bill Maher

It really does feel weird though saying "eh the game starts at 75". I mean thats so weird compared to EQ back in the day where 75 was end game and 50ish felt more like where it opened up.
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Government is the enemy, until you need a friend - Bill Cohen
Tea baggers keep saying they want their country back, well I say I want mine forward - Bill Maher

I had a friend ask me recently why I was playing EQ over WoW. I told him that a fair part of the reason was because of the content. In WoW I felt I killed the same few mobs over and over, every few levels they would reskin an existing mob to make them look ever so slightly different. In EQ meanwhile starting at fairly low levels I was not just fighting lots of different types of enemies but also interesting things like Treants that were 10x my height or giants that had diamonds and other minerals busting through their skin.

EQ just has soooooo much more content, and most of its not a simple reskin of the same troll or turtle you just finished fighting 5 levels before.
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Government is the enemy, until you need a friend - Bill Cohen
Tea baggers keep saying they want their country back, well I say I want mine forward - Bill Maher