I started to play EQ2 the first day it came out after playing EQ1 for 5 years, however soon stopped playing.....
After EOF came out I thought Id give EQ2 another try (in the mean while I was playing WOW), and I must say a lot of wrongs(in my eyes) have been righted. No more group debt, the new starting city for the fae is really great( its actually not in theme with one color tone, which is what Qeynos and Freeport seem to have in common)
There is no more Archtype class stupidity, you start as the class you want to play..etc... and they added the two best dungeons from old school EQ... Unrest, and Mistmoore. All in all, if you hated EQ2, give it another try and either start a Fae, or a Wood Elf in Greater Fay.