| wow is probably friendlier to 2-3 hour sessions. i never got far with eq2, but i'd imagine leveling would take longer and it probably demands longer play sessions to see a significant difference.
i play a paladin myself and ive tried every spec many times. ret is decent for solo play, but they are pretty much a last resort spot in a group and until they get a dps boost they only shine in pvp when you out-gear your opponents. protection is great pve, but pretty useless pvp unless a melee is dumb enough to try and go toe-to-toe with you. holy is the only reasonable choice for both pvp and pve in my opinion. it can get wearisome doing bgs as a healer though, because if your offense sucks you suck. you wont really be killing anyone until you get at around half of your battleground gear either.
if you have any friends playing either of these games i would ignore everything else and play with them whichever game that happens to be.
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