Poll: Gear progression, horizontal or vertical?

[Sapphic]

You...probably weren't around for the early days of the game I take it.

I played EQ2 from early access after switching with what SOE did with SWGs combat upgrade. Played the first expansion also. There was a very linear progression path. Even to raid you had to have a specific level of weapon to be even able to hit the thing.

I do remember having to literally walk from Fallen Gate to freeport because of all the copprt coins (before they auto upgraded to a higher currency :P Or the trains in the gate, party running towards the exit with half the zone trailing behind, which, on their way back to spawn slaughtered all the XP parties on the way :P

Shared XP debt too :S