WoW was pretty much a spiritual successor to Everquest. Blizzard even hired a few Everquest &quot;power gamers&quot;[0] for their dev team IIRC.<p>[0] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Rob_Pardo" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Rob_Pardo</a>