The EQ servers have been VMs since they were moved. Just watch when a set of servers crashes, it's always the same set of servers that crash.
The sad thing that isn't realized. There just aren't great games out there to play. If EQ created a reasonable expansion, there is a glut of players that would return. Personally I know of 9 players who played multiple accounts that would be returning. They stayed away with TBM given all the issues, not willing to invest in time when the Game fails to make appropriate investments themselves. Ruven