Sorry to see you go Mira,
All sites offering mq2 for download knew there was going to be a certain amount of fallout and people walking away over this. It is controversial, I understand.
I played level 1-3 yesterday to stay connected with what the players are having to go thru without mq2 on phinny, and yeah the 3 hours it took was indeed painful, I haven't felt that bored since I quit playing eq the first time back in 2001. (Then I found mq and I've played ever since)
Point is, we created mq to make Everquest more fun, take away the tedious parts, etc.
Let people discover this by themself on phinny, Hopefully they won't quit eq but join us on the fun servers where you can use mq2 as much as you need to.
My own brother called me this morning asking if he could get a working mq2, I told him no.
That's how comitted I am to this.
Keeping this server mq2 free is going to be good for us long term.
When you are ready to come back ( just stay
) mq2 will be there for you, no hard feelings, good luck.
Disclaimer: I'm only affiliated with macroquest2.com I don't endorse any other sites, I'm just a regular member here cause I like to hang out with mq2 users, I would post the same message on any other forum if the topic came up.