Lets start with a rating of 5. I am looking into buying it... But then I look at the races and where they start... 2 cities... That was -1. So 4 to a 3 due to the I think 25 or so zones on the map list. I am sure that is not all of them but yeah.
My original decision to wait until the first expansion is released is a good idea I think. I liked EQ... Like FFXI... Wish to hack and delete DR. But yeah...EQII doesn't seem quite done yet. It seems like you would buy it and not be able to select a race because they have not finished coding it or something.
I just want some positive feed back telling me that it is worth the money. =)