Download the stand alone game. I see this, the shutdown, as well as their other games, as just part of the continual close down of the company. It's not going to last for ever.
I am not suprised, they stretched themselves way to thin. Been saying it for a long time even back when they were doing 2 expansions a year or whatever insane pace they had, and never fixed a dang thing. I would have thought this was the first to go honestly. Other than for mounts and illusions I never saw it being exactly popular. Maybe DBG should consider crowd funding a major overhaul and start hiring some free interns "Let's make EQ " or at least make good enough to outlast Ultima Online, which has been going strong since the mid 90s.
Just when i started buying pack for cards(40k+ SC), traded kronos(20+) and spent around 20 millions for specific cards while working my way to almost all the achievements they are shutting it down. I kinda liked the game
While I never got into it. I do not see why they couldn't put out a final update that would have it save all your cards client side and allow you to play the single player version.
I was 4 man raiding every day and was hoping to see more of those 4 man raids but now nm Guess I will try Hearthstone...