there are also servers that sell epics on vendors for a small price
i've been on and off with the emulators since the days when they couldn't even code spell casting correctly and didn't have zones populated or anything. you could basically run around and chat and melee. it's come a long way but since it's all just guessing and hearsay from people that think they know what's up, it's pretty lame in the end compared to live. a lot of things are right on but a lot of things are slightly off. a lot of things
at first it seems like gravy and you're playing EQ for free. but after a while i always end up re-subbing to live because the emulators are whack