I am unsure whether to try Varsoon or Yelinak. I love both EQ and EQ2, however I especially love EQ2's housing system, I jsut do not want to play awhile and come back to a dead server in a year. Even the TLPs in EQ last longer than a year before they completely drop off.
I expect the server population will be healthy until late 2024, and most likely there will be a new TLE launched in early 2025. That seems to be how the general cycle for the progression servers in EQ2 work.
Just play it now, it's a blast and population is booming at all levels. Who the fudge knows what will be going on in 2 years???