Most of the fans and players are gone too. People want the game they love, no vertical progression, challenges from the get go, now power creep, grouping at every level, no steamrolling, horizontal progression, every good equipment of every level meaning something and being important, an economy directly connected to each and every players that is not bloated, GMs available 24/7 whom actually care a lot... you know, an actual good classic MMO experience, and not FFXIV with worse graphics.

And that is way things like Everquest Project 1999 exist and are very successful.