I don't normally participate in these kinda of threads in video game forums. And by not normally I mean I never have. I am kind of the "all business" type. But I figured I could try it out and see why people do it. On to my boring answer:
For EQ1 a friend told me about a game that you could play with your friends...while not being at their house. AND it was a good game to boot. I lost my **** and a chunk of my life. All a blur really.
As for VG I really wanted a new mmo since I hadn't played a good one for what felt like decades. So I searched for games like EQ. Yep. Pretty boring stuff.