I'm also enjoying EQ2, working my way slowly through EoF raids zones, no rush
On the point of graphics, if you have a decent card (e.g. 8800) try running on x4 anti-aliasing, wow it looks much better!
Extract from nVidia forum:
EQ2: Add a line to the eq2.ini file in EQ2 directory (or create one if one isn't already there) as follows:
r_aa_blit 1
Save it, then set the AA for EQ2 using the Nvidia control panel, but it doesn't seem to support anything above x4 - it just seems to default to 'no AA' if you try it.